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影碟 (yǐng dié) — DVD; video disc

Definition

A colloquial term for a video disc or DVD, often used in everyday speech. Pairs with measure words 片 or 张, and refers to the physical disc itself rather than the content.

noun
DVDvideo disc
Measure word · 片

Examples

  • 影碟。
    Wǒ mǎi le yì zhāng xīn de yǐng dié.
    I bought a new DVD.
  • 影碟。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng de yǐng dié yǐ jīng fā xíng le.
    The DVD of this movie has already been released.
  • 影碟。
    Tā shōu cáng le hěn duō gǔ diǎn yīn yuè yǐng dié.
    He collected many classical music DVDs.

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.

影yǐngfilm
碟diédisc

影 refers to film or moving images, and 碟 is a disc, so the word means a disc holding video.

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
景
景jǐng影yǐng
Same sound today

影 pairs 景, which gives the sound and also carries the idea of image, with 彡, the part that points to shadow.

Open 影 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 碟 →
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