(zì mù) - subtitles, captions in Mandarin
zìmùTraditional: 字幕
HSK 5
#772 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
subtitles, captions
Word origin
字幕 (zìmù) 'subtitles' joins 字 (zì, 'character, written word') and 幕 (mù, 'curtain, screen'). 字 shows a child 子 under a roof 宀, characters bred under shelter; 幕 has the 巾 (cloth) radical with 莫 (mò) phonetic, a hanging screen, hence text on the screen.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 字 (zì, 宀 roof + 子 child) + 幕 (mù, 巾 cloth + 莫 phonetic, 'screen')
Stroke order
字
幕
Examples
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I turn on subtitles when watching a movie.
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I need to turn on the subtitles.
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Subtitles help me understand the movie.
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Please make the subtitles a bit bigger.
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Please turn on the English subtitles.
字幕 (zì mù) means subtitles, captions. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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