字幕 (zìmù) · subtitles

字幕 (zìmù) means “subtitles; captions”. It is written with 2 characters: 字 (character) + 幕 (curtain). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).

How 字幕 is built

The characters

字 zì · character

What 字 is made of

宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
  - 乛 — bent stroke
  - 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A child 子 in a house 宀; 子 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

幕 mù · curtain

What 幕 is made of

莫mò — cannot
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 旲tái — daylight
  - 日rì — sun; day
  - 大dà — big
巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke

Example sentences

这部电影有中文字幕。Zhè bù diànyǐng yǒu Zhōngwén zìmù.This film has Chinese subtitles.

没有字幕，我听不懂。Méiyǒu zìmù, wǒ tīng bù dǒng.I can't understand it without subtitles.

Questions about 字幕

What does 字幕 mean?

字幕 (zìmù) means “subtitles; captions”.

How do you pronounce 字幕?

字幕 is pronounced zìmù.

Which HSK level is 字幕?

字幕 is in Old HSK 5.

Related words

Learn 字幕 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 129: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.

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