短片 (duǎn piàn) — short film; short video | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

short filmshort video

Measure word · 部

Examples

短片。
Zhè bù duǎn piàn zài diàn yǐng jié shàng huò jiǎng le.
This short film won an award at the film festival.
短片。
Tā yòng shǒu jī pāi le yí bù guān yú huán bǎo de duǎn piàn.
He shot a short film about environmental protection with his phone.
短片，。
Zhè ge wǎng zhàn yǒu hěn duō yǒu qù de duǎn piàn, zhí dé yí kàn.
This website has many interesting short videos; they are worth watching.

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.

片piànpiece/film

短 short + 片 piece/film: a short piece of 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.

矢豆短

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

豆

豆dòu短duǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

短 is built from 矢 and 豆. 豆 is used for its sound, while 矢 is the component linked to the meaning.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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