成片

chéngpiàn
verb #47,358

Meanings

  1. 1 to form a continuous expanse
  2. 2 in large stretches
  3. 3 finished cut (of a film or video)

Examples

HSK 6
Chūntiān, shānpō shàng de yóucàihuā chéngpiàn de kāi le.
In spring the rapeseed flowers on the hillside bloom in great swathes.
HSK 7-9
Sùcái yǐjing pāiwán le, xiàzhōu jiù néng kàndào chéngpiàn.
The footage has all been shot, and you can see the finished cut next week.

Tips

usage
In film and video work, 成片 is the finished, edited cut, as opposed to 素材, the raw footage. In the "expanse" sense it usually describes plants or buildings: 成片的森林 "stretches of forest".

Stroke Order

成 chéng
片 piàn