片 — thin piece; flake; a slice
thin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice
- Pinyin
- piàn · piān
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- required
This character has more than one reading — piàn, piān — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 片: 4 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 片 in the HSK syllabus: 15
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 照片zhàopiànphotographHSK 3
- 片piànthin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to sliceHSK 4
- 图片túpiànpicture; photographHSK 4
- 纪录片jìlùpiànnewsreel; documentaryHSK 5
- 名片míngpiàncardHSK 5
- 影片yǐngpiàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movieHSK 5
- 卡片kǎpiàncardHSK 6
- 片刻piànkèshort period of time; a momentHSK 6
- 片面piànmiànunilateral; one-sidedHSK 6
- 薯片shǔpiànfried potato chipsHSK 6
- 唱片chàngpiàngramophone record; LP; music CD; musical albumHSK 7–9
- 大片dàpiànwide expanse; large area; vast stretchHSK 7–9
- 片子piānzifilm; movie; film reel; phonograph recordHSK 7–9
- 片段piànduànfragment; extract; episodeHSK 7–9
- 芯片xīnpiàncomputer chip; microchipHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.