电影院 (diàn yǐng yuàn)

Character breakdown

• 电 (diàn) · 5 strokes

  Simplified form of 電, which depicts lightning (申) during a rainstorm (雨). The 雨 component was deleted for simplification.

• 影 (yǐng) · 15 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 景 represents the sound. The 彡 component depicts shadow lines.

• 院 (yuàn) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 完 represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 电影院有多少人？ — How many people were in the cinema?
2. 电影院内不准吸烟。 — Smoking is not permitted in the cinema.
3. 这家电影院挤满了人。 — The movie theater was filled with people.
4. 这里附近有没有电影院？ — Are there any movie theaters near here?
5. 城里有一家古老的电影院。 — There's an old movie theater in town.

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