切片

qiēpiàn

verb #13,542

Meanings

1 to slice
2 slice
3 thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination)

Characters

to cut; to slice

slice; thin piece; film

Examples

把面包切片后再烤。

Bǎ miànbāo qiēpiàn hòu zài kǎo.

Slice the bread before toasting it.

医生把组织切片送去化验。

Yīshēng bǎ zǔzhī qiēpiàn sòng qù huàyàn.

The doctor sent the tissue slice for laboratory testing.

Tips

usage

切片 has both culinary and medical/scientific uses. In medicine, it refers to thin tissue sections for microscopy. In computing, 'slicing' (as in Python list slicing) is usually called 切片 too.

Stroke Order

切 qiē

片 piàn