荧幕 (yíng mù) — screen (of a TV, computer, or movie) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

screen (of a TV, computer, or movie)

Measure word · 块

Examples

荧幕。
Diàn shì de yíng mù tū rán biàn hēi le.
The TV screen suddenly went black.
荧幕，。
Tā zhěng tiān dīng zhe diàn nǎo yíng mù, yǎn jing hěn lèi.
He stares at the computer screen all day, his eyes are tired.
荧幕。
Zhè bù diàn yǐng de yíng mù xiào guǒ fēi cháng zhèn hàn.
The screen effects of this movie are very impressive.

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.

荧yíngfluorescent

幕mùscreen

荧 means fluorescent, and 幕 means a screen or curtain; together they name a display screen.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 熒; 荧 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 熒 comes from an older picture of two crossed torches giving fire light; the simplified 荧 is a later shorthand.

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

莫巾幕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

巾巾jīncloth

Sound part声符shēngfú

莫

莫mò幕mù

Same sound today

幕 combines 莫 above 巾 (cloth); 莫 gives the sound.

Appears in

Computers & Internet Film & Theater

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