成片 (chéng piān) — (verb) (of many things) to form a continuous expanse; to stretch over an area

Definition

Verb meaning many similar things spread together as a continuous expanse — usually buildings, flowers, or farmland covering an area. Often reduplicated as 成片地 to modify a verb like 开放.

verb
(of many things) to form a continuous expanseto stretch over an area

Examples

  • 成片，。
    Zhè piàn zhù zhái qū gāo lóu chéng piān, fēi cháng zhuàng guān.
    This residential area has skyscrapers stretching in a continuous expanse — it's very spectacular.
  • ，成片。
    Chūn tiān lái le, tián yě lǐ yóu cài huā chéng piān kāi fàng.
    Spring has come, and the rape flowers in the fields are blooming in vast stretches.
  • ，成片。
    Bào yǔ guò hòu, chéng piān de nóng tián bèi yān mò le.
    After the heavy rain, vast expanses of farmland were flooded.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

成chéngform
片piànsheet/piece

“成” form and “片” sheet/piece together mean many things stretch into a continuous expanse.

Characters in this word

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
戊戊wù
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng成chéng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

Open 成 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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