全篇 (quán piān) — the entire article; the whole text; the whole piece (of writing)

Definition

A measure-style noun meaning 'the entire text/article,' emphasizing the whole written piece from start to finish. Pairs with classifiers like 这篇/那篇 in academic or literary contexts.

noun
the entire articlethe whole textthe whole piece (of writing)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 全篇。
    quán piān De lùn diǎn hěn qīng xī.
    The argument of the entire article is very clear.
  • 全篇。
    Tā huā le yì zhōu shí jiān xiū gǎi quán piān.
    He spent a week revising the entire text.
  • 全篇。
    Zhè piān lùn wén quán piān dōu méi yǒu tí dào shí yàn jié guǒ.
    This thesis does not mention the experimental results in the whole piece.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

全quánwhole
篇piānpiece of writing

“全” whole + “篇” piece of writing gives the entire text.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
竹竹zhú
Sound part声符shēngfú
扁
扁biǎn篇piān
Same sound today

篇 combines 竹 with 扁: 竹 is the part tied to the meaning, and 扁 is the part used for the sound.

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