影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn 对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 胶卷 膠捲 jiāo juǎn film / roll of film syn 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn 外籍 wài jí foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) 故事片 gù shi piàn fictional film / feature film 外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 租界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) syn 菲林 fēi lín (dialect) film (loanword) / roll of film 片子 piān zi film / movie / film reel / phonograph record / X-ray image syn 外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 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) 保鲜膜 保鮮膜 bǎo xiān mó plastic wrap / preservative film / cling film 洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 电影 電影 diàn yǐng movie / film / CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3] syn 外 wài outside / in addition / foreign / external syn 拍摄 拍攝 pāi shè to take (a picture) / to shoot (a film) syn 影 yǐng picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace syn 奥斯卡 奧斯卡 ào sī kǎ (film industry) Oscar (Academy Award) / CL:屆|届[jie4] / (name) Oscar 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 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] 关机 關機 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 影星 yǐng xīng film star syn 胶片 膠片 jiāo piàn (photographic) film syn 动画片 動畫片 dòng huà piàn animated film syn 外来 外來 wài lái external / foreign / outside syn 摄影棚 攝影棚 shè yǐng péng film studio / television studio 剪辑 剪輯 jiǎn jí to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / edited version syn 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 影迷 yǐng mí film enthusiast / movie fan / CL:個|个[ge4] 短片 duǎn piàn short film / video clip 主人公 zhǔ rén gōng hero (of a novel or film) / main protagonist syn 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 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 纪录片 紀錄片 jì lù piàn newsreel / documentary (film or TV program) / CL:部[bu4] 电影节 電影節 diàn yǐng jié film festival / CL:屆|届[jie4] 冲洗 沖洗 chōng xǐ to rinse / to wash / (photography) to develop (film) syn 异国 異國 yì guó exotic / foreign syn 外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 监制 監製 jiān zhì to supervise the manufacture of / to supervise the shooting of films / executive producer (film) 迪士尼 dí shì ní Disney, American entertainment conglomerate / Walt Disney (1901-1966), American animator and film producer 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 剪接 jiǎn jiē to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / (genetics) to splice syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 片儿 片兒 piān r sheet / thin film syn 霍夫曼 huò fū màn Hofmann or Hoffman (name) / August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist / Dustin Hoffman (1937-), US film actor 影评 影評 yǐng píng film review 西部片 xī bù piàn Western (film) 异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 电影界 電影界 diàn yǐng jiè moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about syn 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 执导 執導 zhí dǎo to direct (a film, play etc) 播映 bō yìng to broadcast a film / to televise syn 外汇 外匯 wài huì foreign (currency) exchange 编导 編導 biān dǎo to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director 薄膜 bó mó membrane / film / CL:層|层[ceng2] 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 约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place syn 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners syn 外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn 美玲 měi líng Meiling (female name) / Zhou Meiling 周美玲[Zhou1 Mei3 ling2] (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director 外相 wài xiàng Foreign Minister 留学生 留學生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / returned student / foreign student / international student 红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star 影坛 影壇 yǐng tán moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 影业 影業 yǐng yè film industry 外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn 外币 外幣 wài bì foreign currency 外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn 蒙太奇 méng tài qí montage (film) (loanword) 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 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 系列片 xì liè piàn film series 外贸 外貿 wài mào foreign trade 单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn 意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation 外宾 外賓 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor 影展 yǐng zhǎn film festival / photography exhibition 外债 外債 wài zhài foreign debt 侨居 僑居 qiáo jū to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country syn 涉外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 外国语 外國語 wài guó yǔ foreign language syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 解说词 解說詞 jiě shuō cí commentary (for a film etc) / caption (for a photo etc) 舶来品 舶來品 bó lái pǐn (old) imported goods / foreign goods syn 汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics 洋气 洋氣 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable syn 