| 篇 | 1369B30 92A.42-6 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄆㄧㄢ [pian1] [Wr. abbr.萹] | ||
| N. adjunct. | Used before a piece of writing or speech: 這篇演講 this speech; 一篇序文，遊記 a (piece of) preface, article on a journey; 篇篇都好 every piece, chapter, is good; 頭三篇 the first three chapters or pieces. | |||||
| N. | An article, essay, chapter in a book: 三百篇 the Book of Poetry; 篇目 chapter heading; 篇次 order of chapters. | |||||
| Words | 1. 篇幅 [pian1fu2], n., width or length of paper, cloth; canvass: 篇幅甚大 (lit. & fig.) on a wide canvass. 2. 篇章 [pian1zhang1], n., literary piece; writings in gen. 3. 篇籍 [pian1ji2], n., (esp. anc.) books. 4. 篇什 [pian1shi2], n., orig. each ten poems in the Book of Poetry taken as a unit (called “decade”), now generally used of poetry. | |||||