幕布 (mù bù) — (theater) curtain; (cinema) screen | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

(theater) curtain(cinema) screen

Measure word · 块

Examples

幕布。
Yǎn yuán zài mù bù hòu miàn zhǔn bèi shàng chǎng.
The actors are preparing backstage behind the curtain.
，幕布。
Diàn yǐng kāi shǐ qián, mù bù shàng xiǎn shì le guǎng gào.
Before the movie started, the screen showed advertisements.
幕布。
Zhè ge jù yuàn de mù bù shì hóng sè de.
This theater's curtain is red.

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.

幕mùcurtain

The 布 (cloth) is a 幕 (curtain) cloth, used on a stage or screen.

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.

莫巾幕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīncloth

Sound part声符shēngfú

莫

莫mò幕mù

Same sound today

幕 combines 莫 above 巾 (cloth); 莫 gives the sound.

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

巾巾jīnkerchief

Sound part声符shēngfú

父

父fù布bù

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

布 pairs 巾, a kerchief, with 父 as a sound part.

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