Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

sheet; piece of writing; (a measure word); chapter; article

Chinese: 文章、篇章,也作文章的量词。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “pian” becomes a different word in each tone. 篇 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 篇幅piān fulength (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page
  • 开篇kāi piānstart of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 弹词
  • 长篇cháng piānlengthy (report or speech)
  • 篇什piān shípoem
  • 名篇míng piānfamous piece of writing

Example Sentence

这篇作文写得很好。Zhè piān zuò wén xiě de hěn hǎo.This essay is well written.

Zhèthispiānsheet作文zuò wénto write an essayxiěto write得很de hěn(after an adjective) veryhǎogood