电影
diànyǐngTraditional: 電影
HSK 2
#504 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
movie, film
Stroke order
电
影
Examples
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Let's go watch a movie.
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This movie is really good.
型？
What type of movies do you like most?
周末。
Let's go and see a film at the weekend.
。
This film is especially moving.
电影 (diàn yǐng) literally means electric shadow, a term that dates to early cinema when moving pictures were described as shadows cast by light. Today it simply means film or movie. The measure word is 部 (bù) for full films or 场 (chǎng) for screenings. Common phrases include 看电影 (to watch a film), 电影院 (cinema), and 电影明星 (film star).
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