Chinese word

片子

Pronunciation

Pinyinpiān zi

Meaning

  • nounmovie

Example

这片子挺好看的。zhè piān zi tǐng hǎo kàn de

This movie is pretty good.

Illustration for 片子 (movie)

More examples

我们周末去看片子吧。wǒ men zhōu mò qù kàn piān zi ba

Let's go see a movie this weekend.

Core concept

A single, self-contained piece of moving-image content treated as one work.

Common phrases

  • 看片子kàn piān zi

    watch a movie

  • 去看片子qù kàn piān zi

    go see a movie

  • 新片子xīn piān zi

    new movie

Similar words

电影diàn yǐng: A movie made for public showing, usually as a full-length film.
影片yǐng piàn: A film or video work referred to in writing or formal settings.
短片duǎn piàn: A short film or other brief video work.
视频shì pín: A digital video or video file, especially one shared online.

Definition in Chinese

指一部电影，口语常用，也可泛指录像或短片等视听作品。zhǐ yí bù diàn yǐng kóu yǔ cháng yòng yě kě fàn zhǐ lù xiàng huò duǎn piàn děng shì tīng zuò pǐn

Word origin

片子 (piānzi, "movie") is formed from 片 (piān, "piece") + 子 (zi, "noun-forming suffix"), treating audiovisual content as one complete piece.

Usage tips

  • Unlike the narrower everyday English word movie, this conversational term can cover a short online video when the context treats it as a complete work.

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