HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Places

电影院 diànyǐngyuàn “cinema” in Chinese

Traditional 電影院

What 电影院 means

  1. cinema
  2. movie theatre

Measure word 家 jiā or 座 zuò · 一家电影院 yì jiā diànyǐngyuàn

How to say 电影院

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale电diàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale影yǐng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale院yuàn4th tone, falling

电影院 in a sentence

  1. 你今天晚上去电影院吗？

    Nǐ jīntiān wǎnshang qù diànyǐngyuàn ma?

    Are you going to the cinema tonight?

    Sentence #11680815 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们去电影院怎么样？

    Wǒmen qù diànyǐngyuàn zěnmeyàng?

    How about going to the cinema?

    Sentence #472844 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是一家新电影院。

    Zhè shì yì jiā xīn diànyǐngyuàn.

    This is a new cinema.

    Sentence #13881530 from Tatoeba

How 电影院 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 电 (diàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
电diànlightning
  • 曰say · yuē
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

Memory aidSimplified from 電: lightning under the rain 雨: electricity.

The character 影 (yǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
影yǐngpicture
  • 景part of the characterSound part
  • 彡bristle · shānMeaning part

Memory aidRays of light 彡 with 景 (jǐng) for the sound: a shadow, an image.

The character 院 (yuàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
院yuàncourtyard
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 完to complete · wánSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 完 (wán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuàn.

How to write 电影院

电 5 strokes · 影 15 strokes · 院 9 strokes

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电影院 (diànyǐngyuàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 电影院 (diànyǐngyuàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 电影院

Words with 电

电脑diànnǎo · computer电视diànshì · television电影diànyǐng · movie电话diànhuà · telephone打电话dǎ diànhuà · to make a phone call电diàn · electricity电梯diàntī · lift电子书diànzǐshū · e-book电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiàn · email电台diàntái · radio station

Words with 影

电影diànyǐng · movie影响yǐngxiǎng · influence合影héyǐng · to take a joint photo摄影shèyǐng · to take a photograph影子yǐngzi · shadow

Words with 院

医院yīyuàn · hospital住院zhùyuàn · to be in hospital出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital法院fǎyuàn · court of law国务院guówùyuàn · State Council (of China)

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FAQs

电影院 (diànyǐngyuàn) means “cinema” or “movie theatre”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it diànyǐngyuàn: diàn with a 4th tone, then yǐng with a 3rd tone, then yuàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 电影院 is written 電影院. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 家 (jiā) or 座 (zuò). For example, one cinema is 一家电影院 (yì jiā diànyǐngyuàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dianyingyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 电影院 from the suggestions. Typing dianyingyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
电影院 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.