电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- Made of
- 曰 to speak 乚 secret, hidden, mysterious
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
电影院
diànyǐngyuàn
cinema
Characters in this word
影 yǐng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 彡 — hair
- Made of
- 景 scenery, view 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
院 yuàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 完 to complete, to finish, to settle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 电影院在哪儿？ Diànyǐngyuàn zài nǎr? Where is the cinema?
- 我们去电影院吧。 Wǒmen qù diànyǐngyuàn ba. Let's go to the cinema.
- 这个电影院不大。 Zhège diànyǐngyuàn bú dà. This cinema isn't big.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 电 diàn electricity
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 电脑 diànnǎo computer
- 电视 diànshì television, TV
- 电视机 diànshìjī TV set
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie
- 学院 xuéyuàn college, institute
- 医院 yīyuàn hospital
- 桌子 zhuōzi table, desk
- 门票 ménpiào admission ticket
- 门口 ménkǒu doorway, entrance