音乐片 (yīn yuè piàn) — musical film

Definition

noun
musical film
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Examples

  • 音乐片。
    Wǒ zuì jìn kàn le yí bù hěn hǎo de yīn yuè piàn.
    I recently watched a very good musical film.
  • 音乐片。
    Zhè bù yīn yuè piàn de yīn yuè fēi cháng hǎo tīng.
    The music in this musical film is very beautiful.
  • 音乐片。
    yīn yuè piàn Zài diàn yǐng jié shàng huò dé le dà jiǎng.
    The musical film won a grand prize at 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.

音乐music
音yīnsound乐lèmusic
联合Side by side

“音乐” means music and “片” means film, giving a film built around music.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 音 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

Open 乐 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 片 →

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