片

PINYIN

piān

DEFINITION
  • disk
  • sheet
EXAMPLE
片子 / piān zi
film / movie
PINYIN

piàn

DEFINITION
  • 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[yī]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
EXAMPLE
拍片 / pāi piàn /
to film, / to make a film