首映 (shǒu yìng) — to premiere (a film or TV show); to be the firs… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

首映 (shǒu yìng) is a verb-object phrase meaning 'to premiere (a film/show)' or, in the set phrase 首映眼帘, 'the first thing to greet the eye.'

verb

to premiere (a film or TV show)to be the first thing one sees (often in 首映眼帘)

Examples

首映。
Zhè bù diàn yǐng jiāng zài xià zhōu shǒu yìng.
This movie will premiere next week.
首映，。
shǒu yìng Nà tiān, hěn duō míng xīng dōu lái le.
On the premiere day, many stars came.
，首映。
Zǒu jìn fáng jiān, shǒu xiān shǒu yìng yǎn lián de shì yì fú jù dà de huà.
Entering the room, the first thing that greeted the eye was a huge painting.

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.

映yìngscreening

首映 joins 首 (first) with 映 (screening) to mean the first showing of a film.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from an old drawing of an animal's head, showing a long mouth and horns; the version with hair became 首.

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

日央映

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

央

央yāng映yìng

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

映 pairs 日, the sun, with 央 as a sound element.

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