影音 (yǐng yīn) — audio and video; audiovisual | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

audio and videoaudiovisual

Examples

影音。
Zhè jiā gōng sī zhuān mén shēng chǎn yǐng yīn shè bèi.
This company specializes in producing audiovisual equipment.
影音。
Xiàn zài de yǐng yīn jì shù fā zhǎn dé fēi cháng kuài.
Current audiovisual technology is developing very rapidly.
影音。
Tā zài yì jiā yǐng yīn gōng sī zuò gōng chéng shī.
He works as an engineer at an audiovisual company.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

影 and 音 stand side by side, naming video and audio.

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.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

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