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样片 (yàng piān) — sample copy, preview print (of a film or television program); rush print (quickly produced sample for review)

Definition

Film/TV industry term for a preview print made for review before the final version — not a finished product. Differs from a trailer (预告片), which is a short clip shown to the public.

noun
sample copypreview print (of a film or television program)rush print (quickly produced sample for review)

Examples

  • 样片。
    Zhè ge dǎo yǎn zhèng zài kàn zuì xīn de yàng piān.
    The director is watching the latest preview print.
  • 样片。
    Wǒ men xū yào zài xià zhōu zhī qián bǎ yàng piān jì gěi kè hù.
    We need to send the rush sample to the client before next week.
  • 样片。
    yàng piān De zhì liàng jué dìng le shì fǒu néng tōng guò shěn chá.
    The quality of the sample copy determines whether it can pass the review.

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.

样yàngsample
片piànfilm or piece

样 means sample, and 片 means film or piece; together they mean a sample print or preview film.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樣; 样 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
羕
羕yàng樣yàng
Same sound today

For 样, the traditional form 樣 pairs 木 (wood) with 羕 as a sound part.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Film & Theater

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