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薯片
shǔ piàn



薯片
chips


Definitions

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薯片shǔpiàn
     1. n. potato chip; potato crisp
Components
shǔ
     1. (originally) Only used in 薯蕷 (Chinese yam)
     2. (General name for crops such as potato, sweet potato and yam.)
piàn, piān
     1. thin piece; flake; slice
           zh-co, 片子zi, flake, small piece
     2. film; TV play; photograph; record
           (zh-co, 影片, film, movie)
           zh-co, 片piān子zi, film, movie, film reel
     3. (Cantonese) video
     4. (Cantonese, specifically) film; movie
           zh-co, 賀歲片pin3-2, , C
           zh-co, 片pin3-2商, , C
     5. (medicine) tablet
     6. (dialectal) (zh-short, 尿片)
           幫 BB 換 片pin3-2 - to change diapers for the baby
           纜 片pin3-2 - to wear a diaper
     7. part of a place; area
     8. (linguistics) subgroup; subdivision of a language
           廣府 片 - Guangfu subgroup (of Yue Chinese)
     9. to slice; to carve thin
     10. (Cantonese) to fight
     11. partial; incomplete; one-sided
           片面 - unilateral, one-sided
           一 片 麵包 - a slice of bread
     12. lb, zh, used with numeral scenarios, scenes, feelings, atmospheres, sounds, clouds
     13. (Teochew)
     14. (Hakka, Teochew) side
           東片 - tr=dang1 pin3, east; east side, MN-T
           許片 - tr=he2 pin3, there; that side, MN-T
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