Pictographic: Half of a tree trunk; compare 爿Radical:

meaning for piàn:

  • - thin piece
  • - flake
  • - a slice
  • - film
  • - TV play
  • - to slice
  • - to carve thin
  • - partial
  • - incomplete
  • - one-sided
  • - classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
  • - classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
  • - used with numeral 一 : classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
  • - Kangxi radical 91

meaning for piān:

  • - disk
  • - sheet

zhè
piàn
sēnlín森林
de
miànjī面积
yuē
wèi
5000
gōngqǐng公顷

The area of this forest is approximately 5,000 hectares.


táiqǐ抬起
tóu
kàndào看到
yīkē一颗
kūwěi枯萎
de
shùshàng树上
hái
guàzhe挂着
piàn
yèzi叶子

She looked up and saw a withered tree with a few leaves still hanging on it.


zhè
piàn
pàn
hěn
jiānyìng坚硬

This board is very hard.


zài
zhè
piàn
shāmòzhōng沙漠中
méiyǒu没有
rènhé任何
shēngmìng生命
cúnzài存在

There is no life in this desert.


zhè
piàn
tǔdi土地
shàng
bùmǎn布满
le
màncǎo蔓草

The land was covered with vines and wild grass.