Chinese word

篇幅

Pronunciation

Pinyinpiān fú

Meaning

  • nounlength

Example

这篇文章的篇幅有点长。zhè piān wén zhāng de piān fú yóu diǎn cháng

This article is a bit long.

Illustration for 篇幅 (length)

More examples

请把发言的篇幅控制在三分钟内。qǐng bǎ fā yán de piān fú kòng zhì zài sān fēn zhōng nèi

Please keep the length of the speech within three minutes.

Core concept

The amount of written material a work carries, whether measured by pages, words, or overall scope.

Common phrases

  • 文章的篇幅wén zhāng de piān fú

    length of the article

  • 篇幅较长piān fú jiào cháng

    be rather long

  • 控制篇幅kòng zhì piān fú

    control the length

Similar words

字数zì shù: The total number of characters used in a piece of writing.
长度cháng dù: The extent of something measured from one end to the other or by amount.
页数yè shù: The total number of pages that a document or book contains.

Definition in Chinese

表示一篇文章或书面文字长度、分量或字数的名词。biǎo shì yì piān wén zhāng huò shū miàn wén zì cháng dù fèn liàng huò zì shù de míng cí

Word origin

篇幅 (piānfú, "length of a written work") combines 篇 (piān, "piece of writing") with 幅 (fú, "width"), extending the idea of physical span to the size of a text.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, plain descriptions such as saying that an article is long or has many words are often more natural than this compact, bookish noun.

Other meanings

  • extentnoun
  • word countnoun

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