A片

Chinese

			a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet
trad. (A片)		A	片
simp. #(A片)		A	片

Etymology

From Japanese-English AV (AV, “adult video”, abbreviation) (in turn from English adult) + 片 (“film”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēipiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄟ ㄆㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ei¹ pin^3-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: A-piàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eipiàn
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹-pʻien⁴
    • Yale: ēi-pyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eipiann
    • Palladius: эйпянь (ejpjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēipiànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄆㄧㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eipiànr
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹-pʻien⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: ēi-pyànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eipiall
    • Palladius: эйпяньр (ejpjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ei¹ pin^3-2
    • Yale: ēi pín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ei¹ pin^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: éi¹ pin^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei̯⁵⁵ pʰiːn³³⁻³⁵/

Noun

A片

1. (pornography, slang) pornographic film, porno

Synonyms

• AV
• 三級片／三级片 (Hong Kong)
• 四仔 (sei³ zai²) (Cantonese)
• 小電影／小电影 (xiǎodiànyǐng)
• 情慾片／情欲片
• 愛情動作片／爱情动作片 (àiqíng dòngzuòpiàn) (euphemistic)
• 成人電影／成人电影 (chéngrén diànyǐng)
• 毛片
• 白片 (Fuzhou)
• 色情片
• 鹹片／咸片 (haam⁴ pin^3-2) (Cantonese)
• 黃片／黄片
• 黃色影片／黄色影片 (huángsè yǐngpiàn)
• 黃色電影／黄色电影 (huángsè diànyǐng)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 色情片 (“pornographic film”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		色情片
Mandarin	Taiwan	A片, AV, 動作片, 謎片
	Singapore	色情片
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鹹片, 三級片, A片, AV, 愛情動作片, 甜片, 三仔, 四仔 uncensored
Wu	Shanghai	三級片, 毛片