片段

Chinese

	a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet	paragraph; section; segment
trad. (片段)	片	段
simp. ^#(片段)	片	段
alternative forms	片斷／片断

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piànduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin³ dyun⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phiàn-toān / phiàn-toǎn / phiàn-tōaⁿ / phìⁿ-tōaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): piang³ duang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piànduàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piànduàn
  - Wade–Giles: pʻien⁴-tuan⁴
  - Yale: pyàn-dwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piannduann
  - Palladius: пяньдуань (pjanʹduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯än⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    片斷／片断
    片段
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pin³ dyun⁶
  - Yale: pin dyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin³ dyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin³ dün⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn³³ tyːn²²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    片斷／片断
    片段
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiàn-toān
  - Tâi-lô: phiàn-tuān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phierndoan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tuan²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiàn-toǎn
  - Tâi-lô: phiàn-tuǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tuan²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiàn-tōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phiàn-tuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phierndvoa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tuã²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phìⁿ-tōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phìnn-tuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvie'dvoa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ tuã³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ tuã³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: piang³ duang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiàng tuăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tuaŋ³⁵/

Noun

片段

fragment; scrap; part; slice; extract; dribs and drabs
- 失戀者的記憶不會統統刪去，留低最美麗片段，使我想得更累。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  失恋者的记忆不会统统删去，留低最美丽片段，使我想得更累。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2012, 吳若希 (Jinny Ng), 第一天失戀
  sat¹ lyun² ze² dik¹ gei³ jik¹ bat¹ wui⁵ tung² tung² saan¹ heoi³, lau⁴ dai¹ zeoi³ mei⁵ lai⁶ pin³ dyun⁶, si² ngo⁵ soeng² dak¹ gang³ leoi⁶. [Jyutping]
  The memories of a person who had just broken up with somebody would not be completely deleted, [but] the most beautiful fragments would remain, making me more tired when thinking.
- 戀戀不捨是你的形影，深深愛過每一個片段。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  恋恋不舍是你的形影，深深爱过每一个片段。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2017, 張艾莉 (Elly Chang) feat. 葉諾帆 (NoVa Yeh), 艾莉
  Loân-loân-put-siá sī lí ê hêng-iáⁿ, chhim-chhim ài kòe múi chi̍t ê phìⁿ-tōaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

岡崎片段／冈崎片段 (Gāngqí piànduàn)