Word and Radical Components of 薯片

The Chinese word 薯片 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
薯片	shǔpiàn	1. n. potato chip; potato crisp

薯片 ⇨ 薯 + 片

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
薯	shǔ	1. (originally) Only used in 薯蕷 (Chinese yam)
薯		2. (General name for crops such as potato, sweet potato and yam.)
片	piàn, piān	1. thin piece; flake; slice
		片子zi - flake, small piece -
		2. film; TV play; photograph; record
		影片 - film, movie -
		片piān子zi - film, movie, film reel -
		3. (Cantonese) video
		4. (Cantonese, specifically) film; movie
		賀歲片pin3-2
		片pin3-2商
		5. (medicine) tablet
		6. (dialectal) Short for 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