影迷 (yǐng mí) — movie fan; film enthusiast | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

movie fanfilm enthusiast

Measure word · 个

Examples

影迷，。
Tā shì yí wèi zhōng shí yǐng mí, měi bù xīn piàn dōu qù kàn.
He is a loyal movie fan who goes to see every new film.
影迷。
yǐng mí Men pái le sān gè xiǎo shí de duì mǎi shǒu yìng piào.
The movie fans lined up for three hours to buy premiere tickets.
影迷。
Zhè bù kē huàn piàn xī yǐn le dà liàng yǐng mí.
This sci-fi film attracted a large number of movie fans.

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.

迷míenthusiast

影 points to film and 迷 to a devoted enthusiast, giving the sense of a movie fan.

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.

景彡影

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.

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

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

米

米mǐ迷mí

Same sound today

迷 uses 辵, the walking part, and 米, which gives the sound.

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