影片

Mandarin · pinyin yǐng piàn

Meanings

  1. a copy of a film
  2. film; motion picture; movie
  3. (Tw) video; video clip
  4. Classifier: 部 bù
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影
yǐng · shadow; image, reflection; photograph
片
piàn · slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91
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3–4 · ying3 pian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jing2 pin2

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noun

  1. film; motion picture; movie (Classifier: 部 m c)
  2. (Taiwan) video clip (Classifier: 個/个 m; 支 m; 條/条 c)

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