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动画片 (dòng huà piān) — (animated) cartoon; animation (film or TV show)

Definition

noun
(animated) cartoonanimation (film or TV show)
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Examples

  • 动画片。
    Wǒ xiǎo shí hou zuì xǐ huan kàn dòng huà piān le.
    When I was little, cartoons were my favorite thing to watch.
  • 动画片。
    Zhè bù dòng huà piān de jù qíng hěn yǒu yì si.
    The story of this animated film is very interesting.
  • 动画片。
    Hěn duō chéng nián rén yě ài kàn rì běn dòng huà piān.
    Many adults also enjoy watching Japanese anime.

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.

动画moving pictures
动dòngmove画huàpicture
偏正Modifier + head
片piànfilm

动画 refers to moving pictures and 片 to a film, together giving the sense of an animated 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 動; 动 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng動dòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 動 uses 力 (strength) and 重 as a sound part; 重 refers to a heavy bag ready to be moved by a human. This note is about 動, not 动.

Open 动 →

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 畫; 画 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
聿聿yùbrush
Sound part声符shēngfú
規
規guī畫huà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 畫 pairs 聿, a brush, with 規 for its sound. The simplified 画 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the old parts.

Open 画 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 片 →
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HSK 2.0 Level 5Film & Theater

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