片 — meaning in English
piān
Chinese → English · translate English → Chinese instead
English meaning
- furlong noun A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (about 201 meters), used mainly in horse racing and farmland measurement.
- honeycomb verb To riddle something with small holes or tunnels, as bees do with a hive.
- piece noun A part of something larger, especially one that can be separated from the rest.
- slice noun A thin, flat piece cut off from something larger.
Senses
片 is used for these senses in English:
- band-aid (Australia, North America, Philippines) An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
- furlong (Britain, dialectal) An undefined portion of an unenclosed field.
- honeycomb (uncountable) A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.
- piece A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- slice A thin, broad piece cut off.
honeycomb — full definition
- verb To riddle something with small holes or tunnels, as bees do with a hive.
- verb To weaken something gradually from within.