"director (film etc)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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导演 導演 dǎo yǎn to direct / director (film etc)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
编导 編導 biān dǎo to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director
叶伟民 葉偉民 yè wěi mín Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
收山之作 shōu shān zhī zuò the final work in the career of a composer, film director or architect etc
联合国事务主任兼执行主任特别助理 Director, UN Affairs, and Special Assistant to the Executive Director
司长兼紧急救济协调员特别顾问 司長兼緊急救濟協調員特別顧問 Director and Special Adviser to the Emergency Relief Coordinator for Internally Displaced Persons / Director and Special Adviser to the Emergency Relief Coordinator
人权观察联合国宣导主任 人權觀察聯合國宣導主任 United Nations Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch / United Nations Advocacy Director
电影导演 電影導演 diàn yǐng dǎo yǎn film director
美玲 měi líng Meiling (female name) / Zhou Meiling 周美玲[Zhou1 Mei3 ling2] (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director
王颖 王穎 wáng yǐng Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
张艺谋 張藝謀 zhāng yì móu Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
周星驰 周星馳 zhōu xīng chí Stephen Chow (1962-), Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director, known for his mo lei tau 無厘頭|无厘头[wu2 li2 tou2] movies
吴天明 吳天明 wú tiān míng Wu Tianming (1939-), PRC film director
吴永刚 吳永剛 wú yǒng gāng Wu Yonggang (1907-1982), Chinese film director
宫崎吾朗 宮崎吾朗 gōng qí wú lǎng Miyazaki Gorō (1967-), Japanese film director
崔明慧 cuī míng huì Christine Choy (1964-), Chinese-American film director
斯皮尔伯格 斯皮爾伯格 sī pí ěr bó gé Steven Spielberg (1946-), US film director
李安 lǐ ān Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山)
李缨 李纓 lǐ yīng Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director
李连杰 李連傑 lǐ lián jié Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director
杜琪峰 dù qí fēng Johnnie To (1955-), Hong Kong film director
杨月清 楊月清 yáng yuè qīng Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
王家卫 王家衛 wáng jiā wèi Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director
陈木胜 陳木勝 chén mù shèng Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)
昆汀 kūn tīng Quentin (name) / Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
昆汀・塔伦提诺 昆汀・塔倫提諾 kūn tīng · tǎ lún tí nuò Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
昆汀・塔伦蒂诺 昆汀・塔倫蒂諾 kūn tīng · tǎ lún dì nuò Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
昆汀·塔伦提诺 昆汀·塔倫提諾 kūn tīng · tǎ lún tí nuò Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
昆汀·塔伦蒂诺 昆汀·塔倫蒂諾 kūn tīng · tǎ lún dì nuò Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
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
菲林 fēi lín (dialect) film (loanword) / roll of 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)
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)
解说词 解說詞 jiě shuō cí commentary (for a film etc) / caption (for a photo etc)
piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 syn
多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent syn
回合 huí hé one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations) syn
居家 jū jiā to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc) syn
tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn
thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions syn
总裁 總裁 zǒng cái chairman / director-general (of a company etc)
社长 社長 shè zhǎng president or director (of association etc)
执导 執導 zhí dǎo to direct (a film, play etc)
剪辑 剪輯 jiǎn jí to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / edited version syn
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
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
贴膜 貼膜 tiē mó protective or tinted film (for LCD screens, car windows etc) / facial mask (cosmetics)
剪接 jiǎn jiē to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / (genetics) to splice syn
片尾 piàn wěi closing segment of a film or TV show etc / end credits
封神演义 封神演義 fēng shén yǎn yì 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
展平 zhǎn píng to flatten out (paper, film, metal plates etc)
尿点 尿點 niào diǎn the boring part of something (film, show, etc.) where a bathroom break can be taken
定档 定檔 dìng dàng (of a film etc) to be set to be released on a specific date
第四堵墙 第四堵牆 dì sì dǔ qiáng the fourth wall (in theater, TV, film etc)
第四面墙 第四面牆 dì sì miàn qiáng the fourth wall (in theater, TV, film etc)
选角 選角 xuǎn jué to cast actors for a film, play etc
题献 題獻 tí xiàn to dedicate (a book, film etc to sb)
进行 進行 jìn xíng (of a process etc) to proceed / to be in progress / to be underway / (of people) to carry out / to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march / to advance syn
掀起 xiān qǐ to lift / to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge / to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger / set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc) syn
自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc) / one's own (apartment, brand etc)
到期 dào qī to fall due (loan etc) / to expire (visa etc) / to mature (investment bond etc) syn
片段 piàn duàn fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc) syn
挂钩 掛鉤 guà gōu to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling syn
平息 píng xī (of wind etc) to subside / to die down / to quell / to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc) syn
摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc)
制式 zhì shì standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals)
不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn
狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài (of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow / limited syn
上色 shàng shǎi to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc) syn
鸣叫 鳴叫 míng jiào to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound syn
灼伤 灼傷 zhuó shāng a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb) syn
脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn
干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn
dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
dìng to fix / to set / to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to book (tickets etc) / to order (goods etc) / to congeal / to coagulate / (literary) definitely syn
jiā to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn
zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn
shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc) syn
qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn
qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc)
xiè (of porridge etc) to become watery / (dialect) to thin (porridge etc) by adding water etc
挡位 擋位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting / mode
抱持 bào chí to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
操盘 操盤 cāo pán (finance) (of a fund manager, high-wealth individual etc) to make large trades (in stocks, futures etc) / (fashion, movies etc) (of an industry heavyweight) to make a play in the market
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
打入 dǎ rù to penetrate / to break into (a market, social group etc) / to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc) / to banish to / to relegate to / to insert / to inject / to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc)
经理 經理 jīng lǐ manager / director / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn
主任 zhǔ rèn director / head / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
主持人 zhǔ chí rén host / master of ceremonies / (TV or radio) presenter / anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI) / program director syn
副主任 fù zhǔ rèn deputy director / assistant head
总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn
厂长 廠長 chǎng zhǎng factory director
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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