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电影节 (diàn yǐng jié) — film festival

Definition

noun
film festival
Measure word · 届

Examples

  • 电影节。
    Jīn nián wǒ dǎ suàn qù cān jiā shàng hǎi guó jì diàn yǐng jié.
    This year I plan to attend the Shanghai International Film Festival.
  • 电影节。
    Zhè bù yǐng piàn zài diàn yǐng jié shàng huò dé le zuì jiā dǎo yǎn jiǎng.
    This film won the Best Director award at the film festival.
  • 电影节。
    diàn yǐng jié Qī jiān huì yǒu hěn duō xīn piàn shǒu yìng.
    Many new films will have their premieres during the film festival.

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.

电影film
电diànelectric影yǐngimage
偏正Modifier + head
节jiéfestival

电影 (film) and 节 (festival) combine to mean a film festival.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
申
申shēn電diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Open 电 →

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
即
即jí節jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →
Appears in
Festivals & HolidaysFilm & Theater

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