HSK 5 · Media

动画片 dònghuàpiàn “animated film” in Chinese

Traditional 動畫片

What 动画片 means

  1. animated film

How to say 动画片

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale动dòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale画huà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale片piàn4th tone, falling

动画片 in a sentence

  1. 我想学日语，但是我不喜欢看日本动画片。

    Wǒ xiǎng xué Rìyǔ, dànshì wǒ bù xǐhuan kàn Rìběn dònghuàpiàn.

    I want to learn Japanese, but I don’t like watching Japanese cartoons.

    Sentence #11763427 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 动画片 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 动 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
动dòngto move
  • 云cloud · yún
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

Memory aidStrength 力 makes things move. In the full form 動, 重 (zhòng) gave the sound.

The character 画 (huà) with each of its parts in a different colour
画huàto draw; to paint
  • 一one · yī
  • 田field · tián
  • 凵open box · kǎn

Memory aidSimplified from 畫, a brush marking out the borders of a field 田: to draw, a picture.

The character 片 (piàn) drawn as one shape
片piànthin piece

片 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 动画片

动 6 strokes · 画 8 strokes · 片 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 动画片

Words with 动

动dòng · to move运动yùndòng · to exercise动物dòngwù · animal动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet活动huódòng · activity感动gǎndòng · to be moved激动jīdòng · excited动作dòngzuò · movement

Words with 画

画huà · draw画家huàjiā · painter漫画mànhuà · comic画蛇添足huàshétiānzú · to spoil something by adding the unnecessary (lit. drawing legs on a snake)

Words with 片

照片zhàopiàn · picture片piàn · slice片面piànmiàn · one-sided名片míngpiàn · (business) card片刻piànkè · a moment片断piànduàn · fragment

More words: Media & Arts

博物馆bówùguǎn · museum采访cǎifǎng · to interview出版chūbǎn · to publish传说chuánshuō · legend发表fābiǎo · to issue风格fēnggé · style角色juésè · role开幕式kāimùshì · opening ceremony

FAQs

动画片 (dònghuàpiàn) means “animated film”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dònghuàpiàn: dòng with a 4th tone, then huà with a 4th tone, then piàn 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, 动画片 is written 動畫片. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type donghuapian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 动画片 from the suggestions. Typing donghuapian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
动画片 is an HSK 5 word in the 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.