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Chinese symbol for “cinema”

电影院
diàn yǐng yuàn
Traditional: 電影院
cinema; movie theater; measure word: 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cinema is 电影院 (diàn yǐng yuàn), defined as: cinema; movie theater; measure word: 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
影 yǐng
shadow; image, reflection; photograph
radical 59 ⼺ · 15 strokes
院 yuàn
court, yard, courtyard; school
radical 170 ⾩ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “cinema”

WordPinyinMeaning
影院yǐng yuàncinema; movie theater
影剧院 (影劇院)yǐng jù yuàncinema; movie theater
戏院 (戲院)xì yuàntheater; cinema

Related words

Other words that share a character with 电影院.

WordPinyinMeaning
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
电视 (電視)diàn shìtelevision; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
影响 (影響)yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect
影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie
医院 (醫院)yī yuànhospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò)

See also: Japanese symbol for “cinema”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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