noun HSK 7-9 #3,904

Measure Word

一片 piàn

Meanings

  1. 1 tile
  2. 2 watt

Examples

Wūdǐng shàng de wǎ diào le jǐ piàn.
A few tiles fell off the roof.
Zhège dēngpào shì liùshí wǎ de.
This light bulb is sixty watts.

Tips

usage
has two meanings: roof tiles (traditional building material) and the unit 'watt' for electrical power (transliteration from English).

Components

pictograph
tile
Single self-pictograph — a stylised drawing of two interlocking roof tiles, one curved up and one curved down, the way they fit on a Chinese roof. The hooked stroke at the top is the upper tile's edge, the central diagonal is the seam, and the bottom hook is the lower tile. Self-radical (Kangxi #98), so do not decompose. Same radical anchors (bottle), (porcelain) — fired-clay objects.

Radical

Tile; Pottery Kangxi #98

Tags characters about fired-clay objects: roof tiles, jars, and earthenware. Modest productivity — main compounds include (bottle), (porcelain), and (urn). The shape pictures interlocking concave-and-convex tiles on a roof.

Used in

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píng
bottle · measure word for bottled things
wèng
earthenware jar · urn
porcelain · chinaware
ōu
small bowl · cup
líng
long-necked water jar · concave channel of roof tiling
zhēn
to screen; to examine and select · to evaluate; to distinguish

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