Chinese symbol for “episode”
片段
piàn duàn
fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for episode is 片段 (piàn duàn), defined as: fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “episode”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 插曲 | chā qǔ | music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music |
| 穿插 | chuān chā | to insert; to take turns, alternate |
| 小插曲 | xiǎo chā qǔ | episode; brief interlude |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 片段.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú) |
| 图片 (圖片) | tú piàn | picture; photograph; 张 (zhāng) |
| 影片 | yǐng piàn | a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie |
| 短片 | duǎn piàn | short film; video clip |
| 纪录片 (紀錄片) | jì lù piàn | newsreel; documentary (film or TV program) |
| 阶段 (階段) | jiē duàn | stage; section |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 时段 (時段) | shí duàn | time interval; work shift |
See also: Japanese symbol for “episode”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.