喜剧片 (xǐ jù piān) — comedy film | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

comedy film

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Examples

喜剧片。
Zhè bù xǐ jù piān ràng wǒ xiào le yì zhěng gè wǎn shàng.
This comedy film had me laughing the whole evening.
喜剧片。
Tā zuì jìn zhǔ yǎn le yí bù piào fáng hěn gāo de xǐ jù piān.
He recently starred in a comedy film with very high box office.
喜剧片。
Zhōu mò wǒ dǎ suàn zài jiā kàn jǐ bù jīng diǎn xǐ jù piān.
This weekend I plan to watch a few classic comedy films at home.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

喜剧comedy

喜xǐjoy剧jùdrama

偏正Modifier + head

喜剧 marks a funny drama, while 片 shows it is a film.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

壴口喜

壴壴zhùdrum
口口kǒumouth

喜 combines 壴, a drum, with 口, a mouth.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 劇; 剧 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刀刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

豦

豦jù劇jù

Same sound today

The traditional form 劇 pairs 豦, which gives the sound, with 刀, a knife; the simplified 剧 is a later shorthand.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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