Chinese word

音像

Pronunciation

Pinyinyīn xiàng

Meaning

  • nounaudiovisual

Example

这家店专门卖音像制品。zhè jiā diàn zhuān mén mài yīn xiàng zhì pǐn

This store specializes in selling audiovisual products.

Illustration for 音像 (audiovisual)

More examples

法庭采纳了音像资料作为证据。fǎ tíng cǎi nà le yīn xiàng zī liào zuò wéi zhèng jù

The court accepted audiovisual materials as evidence.

Core concept

A broad category that brings recorded sound and visual material under one heading.

Common phrases

  • 音像制品yīn xiàng zhì pǐn

    audiovisual products

  • 音像资料yīn xiàng zī liào

    audiovisual materials

  • 音像设备yīn xiàng shè bèi

    audiovisual equipment

Similar words

电影diàn yǐng: A longer visual work made for showing on a cinema screen.
视频shì pín: Video content watched on television or online, often lasting from a few minutes to about an hour.
录音lù yīn: Recorded sound saved as an audio work or file.

Definition in Chinese

泛指承载声音与图像的各种载体与其内容，如录音录像、影像光盘或数字视频等，是对视听资料的总称。fàn zhǐ chéng zài shēng yīn yǔ tú xiàng de gè zhǒng zài tǐ yǔ qí nèi róng rú lù yīn lù xiàng yǐng xiàng guāng pán huò shù zì shì pín děng shì duì shì tīng zī liào de zǒng chēng

Word origin

音 (yīn, "sound") + 像 (xiàng, "image") combines the two kinds of content covered by this modern term for recorded audiovisual material.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, specific words such as video, film, or recording are often more natural than this broad category term, which commonly appears on product shelves and in institutional labels.

Opposites

Related words

  • 音像制品yīn xiàng zhì pǐnaudiovisual productsnoun
  • 音像资料yīn xiàng zī liàoaudiovisual materialsnoun
  • 音像技术yīn xiàng jì shùaudiovisual technologynoun

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