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篇 piān

The Chinese measure word for articles, essays and papers.

篇 counts pieces of writing: articles, essays, reports, diary entries and papers.

  • 一篇文章yì piān wénzhāngan article
  • 一篇日记yì piān rìjìa diary entry
  • 一篇论文yì piān lùnwéna paper

13 nouns that take 篇

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The nouns come from the measure-word notes in CC-CEDICT, ordered by how often each word appears in film and TV subtitles. Many nouns take more than one measure word, and 个 often works in casual speech.