片 piàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 片 — slice, splinter
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
片刻
piànkè
short moment
Characters in this word
刻 kè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 亥 12th terrestrial branch 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 请你在门口等片刻，医生马上就会出来。 Qǐng nǐ zài ménkǒu děng piànkè, yīshēng mǎshàng jiù huì chūlái. Please wait at the door for a short moment; the doctor will come out soon.
- 他沉默了片刻，然后慢慢地说出了真相。 Tā chénmò le piànkè, ránhòu mànmàn de shuō chū le zhēnxiàng. He was silent for a moment, then slowly told the truth.
- 片刻之后，雨就停了，天空也亮了起来。 Piànkè zhīhòu, yǔ jiù tíng le, tiānkōng yě liàng le qǐlái. A moment later the rain stopped and the sky grew bright.