影视圈 (yǐng shì juān) — the film and television industry; show business

Definition

noun
the film and television industryshow business

Examples

  • 影视圈。
    Tā yǐ jīng zài yǐng shì juān gōng zuò le shí duō nián.
    He has worked in the film and TV industry for over ten years.
  • 影视圈。
    Tā zài yǐng shì juān lǐ hěn yǒu míng qì.
    She is very famous in the film and TV circle.
  • ，影视圈。
    Dà xué bì yè hòu, tā jué dìng jìn rù yǐng shì juān.
    After graduating from university, he decided to enter the film and TV industry.

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.

影视film and television
影yǐngfilm视shìtelevision
联合Side by side
圈quāncircle

影视 means film and television, and 圈 denotes a circle or industry, so it names show business.

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 →

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 視; 视 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
示
示shì視shì
Same sound today

The story is about the traditional form 視: it combines 見, meaning see, with 示, which gives the sound shì.

Open 视 →

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
囗囗wéi
Sound part声符shēngfú
卷
卷juàn圈quān
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

圈 is made of the outer 囗, an enclosure shape, and the inner 卷, which gives the sound.

Open 圈 →

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