片piàn

Ⅰ ❶ （平而薄的东西） a flat, thin piece; slice; flake: 玻璃 ～ 儿 bits and pieces of glass; 布 ～ 儿 small pieces of cloth; 面包 ～ slices of bread; sliced bread; 牛肉 ～ slices of beef; 碎纸 ～ 儿 scraps of paper; 雪 ～ snowflakes; 皂 ～ soap flakes
❷ （较大地区内划分的较小地区） part of a place; subdivision of an area: 分 ～ 包干 divide up the work and assign a part to each individual or group Ⅱ  （用刀切成薄片） cut into slices; pare: ～ 肉片儿 slice meat; ～ 鱼片儿 flake a fish Ⅲ  (不全的； 零星的； 简短的) incomplete; fragmentary; partial; brief: ～ 言 a few words; 只言 ～ 语 a word or two; a few isolated words and phrases Ⅳ  ❶ （用于成片的东西）: 两 ～ 儿安眠药 two sleeping tablets; 一 ～ 儿面包 a slice of bread; 一 ～ 枫叶 a maple leaf
❷ （用于地面和水面等）: 一 ～ 草地 a tract of meadow; 一 ～ 土地 a stretch of land; 一 ～ 汪洋 a vast sheet [expanse] of water
❸ (用于景色、气象、声音、语言、心意等): 一 ～ 丰收景象 a vast countryside busy bringing in bumper crops; 一 ～ 欢腾 a scene of great rejoicing; 一 ～ 脚步声 a patter of footsteps; 一 ～ 漆黑 a pall of darkness; 一 ～ 真心 in all sincerity
另见 see also piān。
◆片材 {材} sheet; 片段 part; passage; fragment; extract; segment; bit; episode; snatch; section; 片簧 {机} bearing spring; leaf spring; 片甲不存 not a single armoured warrior remains — the army is completely wiped out; have not even a fragment of armour remain￣ing; Not a single armour is saved.; not a single man from the front returns; The whole army was annihilated.; The whole division was wiped out.; 片甲不留 have not even a fragment of armour remain￣ing — be completely routed [be utterly destroyed].; The army is wiped out.; 片假名 katakana; 片架 rack; 片金 flake gold; 片锯 blade saw; 片刻 an instant; a moment; a short while; a little while; a minute; tick; 片流 {物} lamellar flow; laminar flow; sheetflood; 片麻岩 {地质} gneiss; 片面 unilateral; one-sided; single-faceted; one-sided; lopsided; 片面性 one-sidedness; 片片 in pieces; in fragment; 片石 flag; 片时 a short time; a moment; a short while; 片梭织机 {纺} gripper loom; carrier loom; projectile loom; 片儿汤 flat pieces of dough served with soup; a kind of Chinese noodle; 片瓦无存 not a single tile remains — to be razed to the ground; 片言 a few words; a phrase or two; 片言只语 a few isolated words and phrases; (pick out) a phrase or two; half a word; just a few words; 片纸只字 just a short note; a brief note or letter; fragments of writing; 片砖 tile; 片子 flat, thin piece; slice; flake; scrap