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片断 piànduàn “fragment” in Chinese

Traditional 片斷

What 片断 means

  1. fragment
  2. extract
  3. passage
  4. section
  5. segment

How to say 片断

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale片piàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale断duàn4th tone, falling

片断 in a sentence

  1. 他给我们读了小说里的一个片断。

    Tā gěi wǒmen dú le xiǎoshuō lǐ de yí ge piànduàn.

    He read us a passage from the novel.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我只记得那天晚上的一些片断。

    Wǒ zhǐ jìde nàtiān wǎnshang de yìxiē piànduàn.

    I only remember bits and pieces of that night.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 片断 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 片 (piàn) drawn as one shape
片piànthin piece

片 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 断 (duàn) drawn as one shape
断duànto break

断 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 片断

片 4 strokes · 断 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

片断 (piànduàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 片断 (piànduàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 片断

Words with 片

照片zhàopiàn · picture片piàn · slice片面piànmiàn · one-sided名片míngpiàn · (business) card动画片dònghuàpiàn · animated film片刻piànkè · a moment

Words with 断

判断pànduàn · to judge断duàn · to break诊断zhěnduàn · to diagnose不断búduàn · unceasing断定duàndìng · to conclude断绝duànjué · to break off中断zhōngduàn · to interrupt果断guǒduàn · decisive垄断lǒngduàn · monopoly

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内涵nèihán · connotation凝聚níngjù · to condense配套pèitào · to form a complete set偏差piānchā · deviation偏见piānjiàn · prejudice品德pǐndé · moral character品质pǐnzhì · quality千方百计qiānfāngbǎijì · by every possible means

FAQs

片断 (piànduàn) means “fragment” or “extract”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it piànduàn: piàn with a 4th tone, then duàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 片断 is written 片斷. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pianduan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 片断 from the suggestions. Typing pianduan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
片断 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.