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薯片shǔ piàn
chips
Definitions
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薯片 | shǔpiàn | |
1. n. potato chip; potato crisp | ||
Components | ||
薯 | shǔ | |
1. (originally) Only used in 薯蕷 (Chinese yam) | ||
2. (General name for crops such as potato, sweet potato and yam.) | ||
片 | 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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