音像 (yīn xiàng) — audio and video (as a combined medium or format… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

audio and video (as a combined medium or format)audiovisual material (recordings, products)

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Examples

音像。
Zhè jiā diàn mài gè zhǒng yīn xiàng zhì pǐn.
This shop sells all kinds of audiovisual products.
音像。
Tú shū guǎn shōu cáng le xǔ duō yīn xiàng zī liào.
The library has collected a lot of audiovisual materials.
音像。
Xiàn zài hěn duō yīn xiàng nèi róng dōu kě yǐ zài wǎng shàng zhǎo dào.
Nowadays you can find a lot of audiovisual content online.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

像xiàngpicture

音 covers sound and 像 covers picture, together naming audiovisual recordings.

Characters in this word

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

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻象像

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

象

Same sound today

像 uses 亻, the side form of 人 (person), with 象 giving the sound.

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