条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent syn 道 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 片子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece syn 影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 胶卷 膠捲 jiāo juǎn film / roll of film syn 切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn 烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered syn 修长 修長 xiū cháng slender / lanky / tall and thin syn 瘦子 shòu zi thin person syn 瘦弱 shòu ruò thin and weak syn 稀薄 xī bó thin / rarefied syn 高挑 gāo tiǎo raised high / (of a person) slender / tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1]) syn 单薄 單薄 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy syn 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 薄片 báo piàn thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel / thin porridge 淡薄 dàn bó thin / light / flagging / faint syn 粗细 粗細 cū xì thick and thin / coarse and fine / thickness (caliber) / coarseness / quality of work 故事片 gù shi piàn fictional film / feature film 细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn 扑空 撲空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles syn 薄纸 薄紙 báo zhǐ thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc) 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 菲林 fēi lín (dialect) film (loanword) / roll of film 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) 保鲜膜 保鮮膜 bǎo xiān mó plastic wrap / preservative film / cling film 内皮 內皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 金针菇 金針菇 jīn zhēn gū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇[jin1 gu1] 薄层 薄層 báo céng thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella 菲薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise syn 脸皮薄 臉皮薄 liǎn pí báo thin-skinned / sensitive syn 片 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 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive syn 细 細 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn 薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile syn 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 疏 shū to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation syn 绢 絹 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 骨瘦如柴 gǔ shòu rú chái as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom) syn 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 薄脆 báo cuì crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 瘦客户机 瘦客戶机 shòu kè hù jī thin client 板胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 缦 縵 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned 癯 qú thin / emaciated / worn / tired 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 剪接 jiǎn jiē to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / (genetics) to splice 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) 电影界 電影界 diàn yǐng jiè moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 执导 執導 zhí dǎo to direct (a film, play etc) 播映 bō yìng to broadcast a film / to televise syn 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 美玲 měi líng Meiling (female name) / Zhou Meiling 周美玲[Zhou1 Mei3 ling2] (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director 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 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 系列片 xì liè piàn film series 影展 yǐng zhǎn film festival / photography exhibition 解说词 解說詞 jiě shuō cí commentary (for a film etc) / caption (for a photo etc) 软片 軟片 ruǎn piàn (photographic) film syn 