首映 shǒu yìng to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room) 开拍 開拍 kāi pāi to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc) / to start the bidding (auction) / to start a trading session (stock market) syn 戏份 戲份 xì fèn scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment 电影演员 電影演員 diàn yǐng yǎn yuán movie actor / movie actress 黄片 黃片 huáng piàn adult movie / pornographic movie 武打片 wǔ dǎ piàn action movie / kungfu movie Ａ片 A piàn adult movie / pornography / adult movie / pornography 下片 xià piàn to stop screening a movie / to end the run of a movie 翻拍 fān pāi to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc / a reproduction / to remake a movie or TV series / a remake / to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie / an adaptation 主创 主創 zhǔ chuàng to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie) / person who plays a key creative role (e.g. movie director) 动画片 動畫片 dòng huà piàn animated film syn 生龙活虎 生龍活虎 shēng lóng huó hǔ lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom) / fig. vigorous and lively syn 动态图形 動態圖形 dòng tài tú xíng animated graphics / animation 妙妙熊历险记 妙妙熊歷險記 miào miào xióng lì xiǎn jì Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Disney animated series) 海绵宝宝 海綿寶寶 hǎi mián bǎo bǎo SpongeBob SquarePants (US TV animated series, 1999-) 飞出个未来 飛出個未來 fēi chū ge wèi lái Futurama (US TV animated series, 1999-) 动画 動畫 dòng huà animation / cartoon syn 漫画 漫畫 màn huà caricature / cartoon / Japanese manga syn 卡通 kǎ tōng cartoon (loanword) syn 漫画家 漫畫家 màn huà jiā cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) 兔斯基 tù sī jī Tuzki, a Chinese cartoon rabbit character used in emoticons and stickers, created in 2006 乐羊羊 樂羊羊 lè yáng yáng Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games 廣州亞運會|广州亚运会 佩奇 pèi qí Peppa, from Peppa Pig cartoon 造型师 造型師 zào xíng shī stylist (fashion) / cartoon character designer 造型蛋糕 zào xíng dàn gāo custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character) IP I P intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise) 电影 電影 diàn yǐng movie / film / CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3] syn 影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn 最佳 zuì jiā optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc) syn 角色 jué sè role / part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4] 屏幕 píng mù screen (TV, computer or movie) 加盟 jiā méng (of a nation) to join an alliance / (of an athlete) to join a sports team / (of an entrepreneur) to join a franchise / (of an actor) to join the cast of a movie / (of a recording artist) to sign with a label syn 摄影 攝影 shè yǐng to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie) syn 字幕 zì mù subtitles / captions (of a movie etc) 镜头 鏡頭 jìng tóu camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene syn 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation syn 大片 dà piàn wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie 影院 yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater syn 上演 shàng yǎn to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging syn 上映 shàng yìng to screen / to show (a movie) syn 片名 piān míng movie title 片子 piān zi film / movie / film reel / phonograph record / X-ray image syn 对白 對白 duì bái dialogue (in a movie or a play) 片中 piàn zhōng in the movie 动作片 動作片 dòng zuò piàn action movie / CL:部[bu4] 电影院 電影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] syn 悬念 懸念 xuán niàn suspense in a movie, play etc / concern for sb's welfare syn 剧照 劇照 jù zhào photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie) 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 影迷 yǐng mí film enthusiast / movie fan / CL:個|个[ge4] 放映 fàng yìng to show (a movie) / to screen syn 恐怖片 kǒng bù piàn horror movie / CL:部[bu4] 惊悚 驚悚 jīng sǒng horror (movie) / thriller 配乐 配樂 pèi yuè to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music 银幕 銀幕 yín mù movie screen 三级片 三級片 sān jí piàn third category movie (containing sexual or violent content) 拍戏 拍戲 pāi xì to shoot a movie 当红 當紅 dāng hóng currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc) 预告片 預告片 yù gào piàn trailer (for a movie) 高潮迭起 gāo cháo dié qǐ each new high point replaced by another / (of a movie etc) one climax after another syn 摄影机 攝影機 shè yǐng jī (old) camera / movie camera / cine camera syn 制片 製片 zhì piàn to produce a film / to make a movie / assistant producer / (Tw) film producer 主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view syn 场次 場次 chǎng cì the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening / performance 公映 gōng yìng public screening (of a movie) syn 拍电影 拍電影 pāi diàn yǐng to make a movie 黑客帝国 黑客帝國 hēi kè dì guó The Matrix (1999 movie) 最佳影片 zuì jiā yǐng piàn best movie (in film awards) 穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover 卖座 賣座 mài zuò (of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers / popular with the paying public / high-grossing / number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc) 片酬 piàn chóu remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama 彩蛋 cǎi dàn painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene 片花 piàn huā trailer (for a movie) 恐怖电影 恐怖電影 kǒng bù diàn yǐng horror movie 音乐之声 音樂之聲 yīn yuè zhī shēng The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965) 床戏 床戲 chuáng xì sex scene (in a movie etc) 首映式 shǒu yìng shì premiere of a movie 影剧院 影劇院 yǐng jù yuàn cinema / movie theater syn 毛片 máo piàn pornographic film / rushes (of a movie) / (old) fur color 删减 刪減 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum) syn 科幻电影 科幻電影 kē huàn diàn yǐng science fiction movie 开演 開演 kāi yǎn (of a play, movie etc) to begin syn 片约 片約 piàn yuē movie contract 卓别林 卓別林 zhuó bié lín Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977), English movie actor and director 春蚕 春蠶 chūn cán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4] 封禁 fēng jìn to ban (narcotics, a movie etc) / to block (a road etc) / (Internet) to block (a user) 后感 後感 hòu gǎn afterthought / reflection after an event / a review (of a movie etc) 灾难片 災難片 zāi nàn piàn disaster movie 试映 試映 shì yìng preview (of a movie) / trial screening 床上戏 床上戲 chuáng shàng xì sex scene (in a movie etc) 投拍 tóu pāi to start shooting (a film) / to invest in (a movie) / to put (sth) up for auction 剧终 劇終 jù zhōng The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc) syn 倒叙 倒敘 dào xù to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning / to flash back / flashback (in a novel, movie etc) 科教片 kē jiào piàn science education film / popular science movie 裸戏 裸戲 luǒ xì nude scene (in a movie) 夏衍 xià yǎn Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer 默片 mò piàn silent movie syn 影 yǐng picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace syn 邵逸夫 shào yì fū Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon 