If you only listen to one person, you’ll get a one-sided picture.
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How 片面 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.
片piànthin piece
片 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
面miànface
面 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a face inside its outline.
How to write 片面
片 4 strokes · 面 9 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 片面 (piànmiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
片面 (piànmiàn) means “one-sided” or “partial”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it piànmiàn: piàn with a 4th tone, then miàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 片面 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pianmian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 片面 from the suggestions. Typing pianmian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
片面 is an HSK 5 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.
片piàn4th tone, falling
