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新片 (xīn piān) — new movie, newly released film

Definition

noun
new movienewly released film
Measure word · 部

Examples

  • 新片。
    Zhè bù xīn piān hěn hǎo kàn.
    This new movie is very good.
  • 新片。
    Dà jiā dōu zài tǎo lùn nà bù xīn piān.
    Everyone is discussing that new movie.
  • 新片。
    Wǒ zuó tiān qù kàn le yí bù xīn piān.
    I went to see a new movie yesterday.

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.

新xīnnew
片piànmovie

新 means new, and 片 here means a film, giving a newly released movie.

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.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斤斤jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn新xīn
Same sound today

The shape originally paired 斤, for chopping wood, with 辛 for sound. It was borrowed for its sound to write 新, so the chopping-wood parts are unrelated to 'new'.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Appears in
Film & Theater

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