| 篇 | piān | sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article |
| 篇幅 | piān fu | (take up or devote) space; ink; time (in a printed page or news story); length (of a piece of writing) |
| 短篇小说 | duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | narrative; short story |
| 诗篇 | shī piān | a poem; a composition in verse; fig. epic (compared with historical epic); the biblical Book of Psalms |
| 长篇小说 | cháng piān xiǎo shuō | long novel |
| 篇章 | piān zhāng | writing; sections and chapters |
| 千篇一律 | qiān piān yī lǜ | thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive; once you've seen one, you've seen them all |
| 中篇小说 | zhōng piān xiǎo shuō | novella |
| 史籀篇 | Shǐ zhòu piān | Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆, attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王 but probably dating from c. 500 BC |
| 名篇 | míng piān | famous piece of writing |
| 末篇 | mò piān | final installment; last phase; end |
| 洋洋大篇 | yáng yáng dà piān | lit. an ocean of writing; an impressive literary work (idiom) |
| 空话连篇 | kōng huà lián piān | long-winded empty talk |
| 篇目 | piān mù | table of contents |
| 续篇 | xù piān | sequel; continuation (of a story) |
| 老三篇 | lǎo sān piān | Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established |
| 长篇 | cháng piān | lengthy (report or speech) |
| 开篇 | kāi piān | start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tangci style 弹词 |
