电影 電影 diàn yǐng movie / film / CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3] syn 角色 jué sè role / part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4] 最佳 zuì jiā optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc) syn 效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation syn 镜头 鏡頭 jìng tóu camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene syn 影 yǐng picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace syn 剧院 劇院 jù yuàn theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] syn 摄影 攝影 shè yǐng to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie) syn 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 屏幕 píng mù screen (TV, computer or movie) 戏剧 戲劇 xì jù a drama / a play / theater / script of a play syn 影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn 上演 shàng yǎn to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging syn 门票 門票 mén piào ticket (for theater, cinema etc) syn 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 剧场 劇場 jù chǎng theater / CL:座[zuo4] syn 道具 dào jù (theater) prop / paraphernalia / (gaming) item / artifact 音乐剧 音樂劇 yīn yuè jù (theater, cinema) a musical 摄影机 攝影機 shè yǐng jī (old) camera / movie camera / cine camera syn 烟花 煙花 yān huā fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) syn 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 巡回演出 xún huí yǎn chū (theater etc) to tour / to be on tour / to give itinerant performances 上映 shàng yìng to screen / to show (a movie) syn 布鲁克 布魯克 bù lǔ kè Brook (name) / Peter Brook (1925), British theater director 影迷 yǐng mí film enthusiast / movie fan / CL:個|个[ge4] 席位 xí wèi a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat syn 包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn 戏院 戲院 xì yuàn theater syn 放映 fàng yìng to show (a movie) / to screen syn 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 后排 後排 hòu pái the back row (in a theater etc) / the rear seats (in a vehicle) 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 字幕 zì mù subtitles / captions (of a movie etc) 大片 dà piàn wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie 悬念 懸念 xuán niàn suspense in a movie, play etc / concern for sb's welfare syn 恐怖片 kǒng bù piàn horror movie / CL:部[bu4] 银幕 銀幕 yín mù movie screen 首映式 shǒu yìng shì premiere of a movie 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) 开演 開演 kāi yǎn (of a play, movie etc) to begin syn 拍戏 拍戲 pāi xì to shoot a movie 片中 piàn zhōng in the movie 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn 旁白 páng bái aside (theater) / voice-over / background narration 对白 對白 duì bái dialogue (in a movie or a play) 卓别林 卓別林 zhuó bié lín Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977), English movie actor and director 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 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) 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 幕布 mù bù (theater) curtain syn 片酬 piàn chóu remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama 公映 gōng yìng public screening (of a movie) syn 馆子 館子 guǎn zi restaurant / theater (old) syn 试映 試映 shì yìng preview (of a movie) / trial screening 爆满 爆滿 bào mǎn filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc) syn 高潮迭起 gāo cháo dié qǐ each new high point replaced by another / (of a movie etc) one climax after another syn 散场 散場 sàn chǎng (of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end syn 夜场 夜場 yè chǎng evening show (at a theater etc) / nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc) 剧照 劇照 jù zhào photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie) 删减 刪減 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum) syn 场次 場次 chǎng cì the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening / performance 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 拆台 拆臺 chāi tái (theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet / to undermine sb's plans syn 狂言 kuáng yán ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater) syn 包场 包場 bāo chǎng to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc 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) 点将 點將 diǎn jiàng to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task 补票 補票 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater 科教片 kē jiào piàn science education film / popular science movie 动漫 動漫 dòng màn cartoons and comics / anime and manga / cartoon (animated movie) / anime 片名 piān míng movie title 片子 piān zi film / movie / film reel / phonograph record / X-ray image syn 动作片 動作片 dòng zuò piàn action movie / CL:部[bu4] 惊悚 驚悚 jīng sǒng horror (movie) / thriller 气管炎 氣管炎 qì guǎn yán bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) / henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴|妻子管得严[qi1 zi5 guan3 de5 yan2] used in comic theater) 三级片 三級片 sān jí piàn third category movie (containing sexual or violent content) 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) 制片 製片 zhì piàn to produce a film / to make a movie / assistant producer / (Tw) film producer 家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater 巡演 xún yǎn (theater etc) to tour / to be on tour / to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[xun2hui2 yan3chu1]) 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 曲艺 曲藝 qǔ yì folk musical theater 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 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) 毛片 máo piàn pornographic film / rushes (of a movie) / (old) fur color 昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times syn 