Chinese symbol for “trope”
桥段
qiáo duàn
Traditional: 橋段
(cinema, literature etc) scene; trope; plot device; (songwriting) bridge
The closest CC-CEDICT match for trope is 桥段 (qiáo duàn), defined as: (cinema, literature etc) scene; trope; plot device; (songwriting) bridge.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 桥段.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桥梁 (橋梁) | qiáo liáng | bridge (lit. and fig.) |
| 天桥 (天橋) | tiān qiáo | overhead walkway; pedestrian bridge |
| 虹桥 (虹橋) | hóng qiáo | arched bridge |
| 桥面 (橋面) | qiáo miàn | roadway; floor |
| 桥头 (橋頭) | qiáo tóu | either end of a bridge; a bridgehead |
| 阶段 (階段) | jiē duàn | stage; section |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 片段 | piàn duàn | fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc) |
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.