长篇小说 (chángpiān xiǎoshuō) · novel, full-length novel

Measure Word

一部长篇小说 bù

Meanings

1 novel
2 full-length novel

Characters

to tell (小说: fiction)

Examples

HSK 4

他花了五年时间写完了一部长篇小说。

Tā huā le wǔ nián shíjiān xiěwán le yí bù chángpiān xiǎoshuō.

He spent five years writing a novel.

HSK 4

这位作家写过三部长篇小说和几十篇短篇小说。

Zhè wèi zuòjiā xiě guo sān bù chángpiān xiǎoshuō hé jǐshí piān duǎnpiān xiǎoshuō.

This writer has published three novels and dozens of short stories.

Tips

usage

Chinese sorts fiction by length: 长篇小说 'novel', 中篇小说 'novella' and 短篇小说 'short story'. Novels are counted with 部, short stories with 篇.

Stroke Order

长 cháng

篇 piān

小 xiǎo

说 shuō

Related Words

小说 xiǎoshuō HSK 4 #2,478

novel / fiction

长话短说 chánghuà-duǎnshuō #8,272

to make a long story short / to cut to the chase

说来话长 shuōlái-huàcháng #5,434

it's a long story

全长 quáncháng #37,491

total length / full length / overall length

长 cháng HSK 2 #294

long / length

长期 chángqī HSK 5 #4,832

long-term / over a long period

长度 chángdù HSK 5 #10,152

length / duration (of time)

长达 chángdá #66,051

to extend as long as / lasting as long as / up to (a length/duration)

长久 chángjiǔ HSK 5 #5,407

long-lasting; enduring / permanent; for a long time

长短 chángduǎn HSK 6 #33,317

length / right and wrong; merits and faults / mishap; accident (euphemism)