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上映

shàng yìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

上映 (shàng yìng) means "to screen; to show (a movie)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 上映 means

1. to screen; to show (a movie)

The characters in 上映

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 映yìng(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)

Example sentences

• 汤姆检查电视时间表，看看在上映什么。
  Tāngmǔ jiǎnchá diànshì shíjiānbiǎo, kànkan zài shàngyìng shénme.
  Tom checked the TV schedule to see what was on.
• 汤姆检查电视时间表，看看在上映什幺。
  Tom checked the TV schedule to see what was on.
• 为了防止盗版，他有些电影从未在影院上映。
  To prevent them from being pirated, some of his films were never shown at the cinema.

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