剧照 (jù zhào) — stage photo; still (from a film, TV drama, or s… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

stage photostill (from a film, TV drama, or stage production)

Measure word · 张

Examples

剧照。
Zhè zhāng jù zhào shì wǒ zuì xǐ huan de diàn yǐng chǎng jǐng.
This still is from my favorite movie scene.
剧照。
Dǎo yǎn zài wēi bó shàng fā bù le jǐ zhāng xīn piàn de jù zhào.
The director posted several stills from the new film on Weibo.
剧照。
Tā shōu cáng le xǔ duō jīng diǎn lǎo diàn yǐng de jù zhào.
She has collected many stills from classic old movies.

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.

剧 means drama and 照 means photo, so the word denotes a photo from a drama.

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 劇; 剧 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刀刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

豦

豦jù劇jù

Same sound today

The traditional form 劇 pairs 豦, which gives the sound, with 刀, a knife; the simplified 剧 is a later shorthand.

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

灬昭照

Meaning part形符xíngfú

灬Written in full as火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

昭

昭zhāo照zhào

Same sound today

照 uses 灬, a bottom form of 火 (fire), plus 昭 for the sound.

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