放影机 (fàng yǐng jī) — film projector; movie projector

Definition

noun
film projectormovie projector
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 放影机。
    Tā men yòng yì tái lǎo shì fàng yǐng jī kàn diàn yǐng.
    They watched a movie with an old-style projector.
  • 放影机，。
    Jiào shì lǐ de fàng yǐng jī huài le, xū yào xiū lǐ.
    The projector in the classroom is broken and needs repair.
  • 放影机。
    Zhè tái fàng yǐng jī shì xué xiào xīn mǎi de.
    This projector was newly bought by the school.

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.

放影project a film
放fàngrelease/project影yǐngfilm/image
动宾Verb + object
机jīmachine

放影 means to project a film, and 机 is a machine; together they name a film projector.

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
攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng放fàng
Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

Open 放 →

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.

Open 影 →

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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