Chinese symbol for “film”
电影
diàn yǐng
Traditional: 電影
movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for film is 电影 (diàn yǐng), defined as: movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “film”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 片子 | piān zi | film; movie |
| 胶片 (膠片) | jiāo piàn | (photographic) film |
| 摄录 (攝錄) | shè lù | to film; to record (a video) |
| 影片 | yǐng piàn | a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie |
| 片 | piàn | thin piece; flake |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 电影.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 摄影 (攝影) | shè yǐng | to take a photograph; photography |
See also: Japanese symbol for “film”.
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.