"(dialect) film (loanword)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
菲林 fēi lín (dialect) film (loanword) / roll of film
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior
liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn
影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn
片子 piān zi film / movie / film reel / phonograph record / X-ray image syn
制片 製片 zhì piàn to produce a film / to make a movie / assistant producer / (Tw) film producer
广电总局 廣電總局 guǎng diàn zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
胶卷 膠捲 jiāo juǎn film / roll of film syn
故事片 gù shi piàn fictional film / feature film
保鲜膜 保鮮膜 bǎo xiān mó plastic wrap / preservative film / cling film
艺术片 藝術片 yì shù piàn art film / art house film / CL:部[bu4]
国家广播电视总局 國家廣播電視總局 guó jiā guǎng bō diàn shì zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
Q Q cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc - foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
蒙太奇 méng tài qí montage (film) (loanword)
NG N G (loanword from Japanese "NG", an initialism for "no good") (film and TV) blooper / to do a blooper
咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn
风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn
黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn
big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn
拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten
zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn
种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn
咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel
xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn
lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn
(dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit
启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai
媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn
拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative
磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule
馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller
齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental
巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with
māo cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem
咸水妹 鹹水妹 xián shuǐ mèi (dialect) prostitute from Guangdong (esp. one in Shanghai before the Revolution) (loanword from "handsome maid")
士多 shì duō (dialect) store (loanword)
士巴拿 shì bā ná (dialect) spanner (loanword)
燕梳 yàn shū (dialect) insurance (loanword)
马占 馬占 mǎ zhàn (dialect) merchant (loanword)
嗝屁 gé pì (dialect) (loanword) to die / to give up the ghost
皮牙子 pí yá zi (dialect) onion (loanword from Uyghur "piyaz")
马葫芦 馬葫蘆 mǎ hú lu (dialect) (loanword) manhole
摩托 mó tuō (loanword) motor / (loanword) motorbike / motorcycle (abbr. for 摩托車|摩托车[mo2tuo1che1]) syn
苏打 蘇打 sū dá (loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink / soft drink
卡式 kǎ shì (of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette") / designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式[cha1 ka3 shi4]) (loanword from "card")
曼陀罗 曼陀羅 màn tuó luó (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra") / mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala")
pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie syn
hāi oh alas / hey! / hi! (loanword) / a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) syn
沙士 shā shì (loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
电影 電影 diàn yǐng movie / film / CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3] syn
拍摄 拍攝 pāi shè to take (a picture) / to shoot (a film) syn
导演 導演 dǎo yǎn to direct / director (film etc)
开机 開機 kāi jī to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show
说明书 說明書 shuō míng shū (technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:本[ben3] syn
关机 關機 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film
奥斯卡 奧斯卡 ào sī kǎ (film industry) Oscar (Academy Award) / CL:屆|届[jie4] / (name) Oscar
短片 duǎn piàn short film / video clip
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
片长 片長 piàn cháng length (duration) of a film
电影节 電影節 diàn yǐng jié film festival / CL:屆|届[jie4]
主人公 zhǔ rén gōng hero (of a novel or film) / main protagonist syn
动画片 動畫片 dòng huà piàn animated film syn
薄膜 bó mó membrane / film / CL:層|层[ceng2]
柯达 柯達 kē dá Kodak (brand, US film company) / full name Eastman Kodak Company 伊士曼柯達公司|伊士曼柯达公司[Yi1 shi4 man4 Ke1 da2 Gong1 si1]
影迷 yǐng mí film enthusiast / movie fan / CL:個|个[ge4]
冲洗 沖洗 chōng xǐ to rinse / to wash / (photography) to develop (film) syn
执导 執導 zhí dǎo to direct (a film, play etc)
迪士尼 dí shì ní Disney, American entertainment conglomerate / Walt Disney (1901-1966), American animator and film producer
监制 監製 jiān zhì to supervise the manufacture of / to supervise the shooting of films / executive producer (film)
影星 yǐng xīng film star syn
剪辑 剪輯 jiǎn jí to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / edited version syn
红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
女优 女優 nǚ yōu (old) actress / adult film actress / AV actress
胶片 膠片 jiāo piàn (photographic) film syn
纪录片 紀錄片 jì lù piàn newsreel / documentary (film or TV program) / CL:部[bu4]
爱情片 愛情片 ài qíng piàn romance film
制片人 製片人 zhì piàn rén film producer
影坛 影壇 yǐng tán moviedom / the world of movies / film circles
影展 yǐng zhǎn film festival / photography exhibition
编导 編導 biān dǎo to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director
拍片 pāi piàn to shoot a film / to have a medical imaging procedure
封神榜 fēng shén bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
资料片 資料片 zī liào piàn a documentary film / (video gaming) expansion / add-on
实景 實景 shí jǐng real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation) syn
影评 影評 yǐng píng film review
冲印 沖印 chōng yìn to develop and print (photographic film)
档期 檔期 dàng qī slot within a schedule / timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc) / range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc)
金马奖 金馬獎 jīn mǎ jiǎng Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
最佳影片 zuì jiā yǐng piàn best movie (in film awards)
断背山 斷背山 duàn bèi shān Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1]
电影导演 電影導演 diàn yǐng dǎo yǎn film director
探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4yuan2]) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
出镜 出鏡 chū jìng to appear on camera / to play a role in a film
影业 影業 yǐng yè film industry
广告片 廣告片 guǎng gào piàn advertising film / TV commercial
北京电影学院 北京電影學院 běi jīng diàn yǐng xué yuàn Beijing Film Academy
搞笑片 gǎo xiào piàn comedy film / comedy / CL:部[bu4]
杀青 殺青 shā qīng to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) syn
女主人公 nǚ zhǔ rén gōng heroine (of a novel or film) / main female protagonist
电影界 電影界 diàn yǐng jiè moviedom / the world of movies / film circles
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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