电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- 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.
- 电影院在东边。 Diànyǐngyuàn zài dōngbian. The cinema is on the east side.
- 他不在电影院。 Tā bú zài diànyǐngyuàn. He is not at the cinema.
- 电影院远不远？ Diànyǐngyuàn yuǎn bù yuǎn? Is the cinema far?
- 电影院门口人很多。 Diànyǐngyuàn ménkǒu rén hěn duō. There are many people at the cinema entrance.
- 李月在电影院工作。 Lǐ Yuè zài diànyǐngyuàn gōngzuò. Li Yue works at a cinema.
- 电影院前边有车站。 Diànyǐngyuàn qiánbian yǒu chēzhàn. There is a station in front of the cinema.
- 谁去电影院了？ Shéi qù diànyǐngyuàn le? Who went to the cinema?
Related words
- 打电话 dǎ diànhuà 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
- 电视剧 diànshìjù television series
- 电视台 diànshìtái television station
- 电台 diàntái radio station
- 电子邮件 diànzǐ yóujiàn email
- 充电 chōngdiàn to charge