电影 diànyǐng film
film, movie
How to remember 电影: 电 electricity + 影 shadows = film.
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How it is used
- A film / movie - 看电影 (kàn diànyǐng) watch a movie, 一部电影 a film (measure word 部).
- Literally 'electric shadow'; a cinema is 电影院.
- A TV series, by contrast, is 电视剧.
Example sentences
- 我去看电影了。 Wǒ qù kàn diànyǐng le.I went to see a movie.
- 我们去看电影吧！ Wǒmen qù kàn diànyǐngba!Let's go to the movies.
- 她是有名的电影明星。 Tā shì yǒumíng de diànyǐng míngxīng.She is a famous movie star.