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).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cinema”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 影院 | yǐng yuàn | cinema; movie theater |
| 影剧院 (影劇院) | yǐng jù yuàn | cinema; movie theater |
| 戏院 (戲院) | xì yuàn | theater; cinema |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 电影院.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电视 (電視) | diàn shì | television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù) |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 电脑 (電腦) | diàn nǎo | computer; 台 (tái) |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 影响 (影響) | yǐng xiǎng | influence; effect |
| 影片 | yǐng piàn | a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie |
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; 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.