电影
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 1
电影 (diànyǐng) · film
电影 (diànyǐng) means “film; movie”. It is written with 2 characters: 电 (electricity) + 影 (shadow). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 电影 is built
The characters
电 diàn · electricity
What 电 is made of
- 曰yuē — to speak
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
影 yǐng · shadow
What 影 is made of
- 景jǐng — scenery
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 京jīng — capital
- 亠tóu — lid
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 小xiǎo — small
- 日rì — sun; day
- 彡shān — hair
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: 彡 gives the meaning, 景 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们去看电影吧。Wǒmen qù kàn diànyǐng ba.Let's go and see a movie.
这个电影好看吗？Zhège diànyǐng hǎokàn ma?Is this movie good?
Questions about 电影
What does 电影 mean?
电影 (diànyǐng) means “film; movie”.
How do you pronounce 电影?
电影 is pronounced diànyǐng.
Which HSK level is 电影?
电影 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 电话diànhuàtelephone
- 电脑diànnǎocomputer
- 电视diànshìtelevision
- 电视机diànshìjītelevision set
- 电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema
- 电视剧diànshìjùTV series
- 电视台diànshìtáiTV station
- 电台diàntáiradio station
- 电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiànemail
Learn 电影 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 38: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.