短片

Mandarin · pinyin duǎn piàn

Meanings

  1. short film
  2. video clip
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短
duǎn · short; brief; deficient, lacking
片
piàn · slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91
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3–4 · duan3 pian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dyun2 pin2

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noun

  1. (Hong-Kong, Taiwan) short film; short
  2. (Hong-Kong, Taiwan) short video; video clip

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