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影星 (yǐng xīng) — movie star, film star

Definition

noun
movie starfilm star
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 影星。
    Tā shì yí wèi zhù míng de yǐng xīng.
    He is a famous movie star.
  • 影星。
    Suǒ yǒu yǐng xīng dōu zài hóng tǎn shàng pāi zhào.
    All the movie stars are taking photos on the red carpet.
  • 影星。
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xiǎng chéng wéi yǐng xīng.
    She has wanted to become a movie star since childhood.

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.

影yǐngmovie
星xīngstar

The idea of 影 (movie) with 星 (star) gives a movie star.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
景
景jǐng影yǐng
Same sound today

影 pairs 景, which gives the sound and also carries the idea of image, with 彡, the part that points to shadow.

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

The top of 星 is a later simplified form of 晶, twinkling stars; the bottom 生 shows the sound.

Open 星 →
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