Meaning
picture; image; reflection; shadow
Chinese: 影子、影像或电影。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ying” becomes a different word in each tone. 影 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 电影diàn yǐngmovie; film
- 电影院diàn yǐng yuàncinema; movie theater
- 影响yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely)
- 影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie
- 影视yǐng shìmovies and television
Example Sentence
树的影子映在水里。Shù de yǐng zi yìng zài shuǐ lǐ.The shadow of the tree is reflected in the water.
树Shùtree的deof影子yǐng zishadow映yìngreflect在zàiat水shuǐShui ethnic group里lǐinside。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
景 (sunlight/scene) plus 彡 (lines): the outline cast by light — ‘a shadow; a reflection, image; a trace; a photograph; a film, movie’ (影子, 电影, 影响).
A way to remember it
A shape cast by light — a shadow; an image; a film (电影).