短篇

duǎnpiān

noun #26,119

Measure Word

一篇短篇 piān

Meanings

1 short piece (of writing)
2 short story
3 short article

Characters

piece of writing; chapter; measure word for articles

Examples

她写了一篇短篇小说，发表在文学杂志上。

Tā xiě le yī piān duǎnpiān xiǎoshuō, fābiǎo zài wénxué zázhì shàng.

She wrote a short story and published it in a literary magazine.

这本书收录了十篇短篇。

Zhè běn shū shōulù le shí piān duǎnpiān.

This book contains ten short pieces.

短篇更考验作者的语言功力。

Duǎnpiān gèng kǎoyàn zuòzhě de yǔyán gōnglì.

Short pieces test an author's command of language more rigorously.

Tips

usage

短篇 is used as an attributive noun before 小说 (fiction), 故事 (story), 散文 (prose), etc. On its own it often refers to short fiction. Compare 中篇 (medium-length) and 长篇 (novel-length).

Stroke Order

短 duǎn

篇 piān