言情片 (yán qíng piān) — romance film, romantic movie

Definition

noun
romance filmromantic movie
Measure word · 部

Examples

  • 言情片。
    Tā zuì xǐ huan kàn yán qíng piān.
    She loves watching romance films.
  • 言情片。
    Zhè bù yán qíng piān de jié jú hěn gǎn rén.
    The ending of this romance film is very touching.
  • 言情片。
    Zuì jìn shàng yìng le yí bù xīn de yán qíng piān.
    A new romance film has been released recently.

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.

言情romance
言yánexpress情qíngfeelings
动宾Verb + object
片piànfilm

The 言情 (romance) describes the 片 (film), giving a movie centered on love.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early form of 言 shows an opening and a mark indicating a location; the location is not described as the source of speech.

Open 言 →

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
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng情qíng
Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

Open 情 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 片 →

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