黑白片 (hēi bái piān) — black-and-white film, black-and-white movie

Definition

noun
black-and-white filmblack-and-white movie
Measure word · 部

Examples

  • 黑白片。
    Zuó tiān wǒ kàn le yí bù hēi bái piān.
    Yesterday I watched a black-and-white film.
  • 黑白片。
    Zhè wèi dǎo yǎn hěn shàn cháng pāi hēi bái piān.
    This director is very good at making black-and-white movies.
  • 黑白片。
    Hěn duō jīng diǎn hēi bái piān yǐ jīng bèi shù zì huà xiū fù le.
    Many classic black-and-white films have been digitally restored.

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.

黑白black and white
黑hēiblack白báiwhite
联合Side by side

The colors 黑 and 白 describe the film 片.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 黑 seems to come from drawing a head marked with dots, usually read as facial tattoos.

Open 黑 →

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

白 is thought to picture either an acorn or a human head.

Open 白 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 片 →

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