Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 篇

sheet
piece of writing
bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
classifier for written items: chapter, article

poem

start of literary work
opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞／弹词 (táncí)

Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光／司马光 ( Sīmǎ Guāng) et al in 11th century

lengthy (report or speech)

table of contents

sequel
continuation (of a story)

famous piece of writing

a poem
a composition in verse
fig. epic (compared with historical epic)
the biblical Book of Psalms

final installment
last phase
end

chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)

abbr. for Yupian 玉篇 ( Yùpiān) and Guangyun 廣韻／广韵 ( Guǎngyùn)

Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王／顾野王 ( Gù Yěwáng) in 6th century AD

length (of a piece of writing)
space occupied on a printed page

discourse
text

to turn a page
(fig.) to turn over a new leaf

Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆 (dàzhuàn), attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王 ( Zhōu Xuānwáng) but probably dating from c. 500 BC

Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established

qiānpiānyīlü

thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
once you've seen one, you've seen them all

duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō

short story

zhōngpiānxiǎoshuō

novella

guǐhuàliánpiān

to tell one lie after another (idiom)
to talk nonsense
bogus story

yángyángdàpiān

lit. an ocean of writing
an impressive literary work (idiom)

kōnghuàliánpiān

long-winded empty talk

fèihuàliánpiān

a bunch of nonsense
verbose and rambling

chángpiānxiǎoshuō

novel

chángpiānlěidú

(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)

liánpiānlěidú

(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)
verbose

jíduǎnpiānxiǎoshuō

极短篇小说

[極短篇小說]

flash fiction