影评 (yǐng píng) — film review; movie critique | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

film reviewmovie critique

Measure word · 篇

Examples

影评。
Tā xiě le yì piān guān yú zhè bù xīn diàn yǐng de yǐng píng.
He wrote a review about this new movie.
影评。
Wǒ kàn le hěn duō guān zhòng de yǐng píng cái jué dìng qù kàn nà bù diàn yǐng.
I read many audience reviews before deciding to see that movie.
影评。
Zhè piān yǐng píng fēn xī dé fēi cháng tòu chè.
This film review analyzes it very thoroughly.

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, film, specifies 评, review, as a movie critique.

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.

景彡影

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.

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 評; 评 is its simplified writing.

言平評

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

平

平píng評píng

Same sound today

The traditional form 評 uses 言 for speech and 平 as a sound part; the simplified 评 is a later shorthand.

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