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放映

fàng yìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

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

What 放映 means

1. to project (an image onto a screen); to show (a movie, slide etc)

The characters in 放映

• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 映yìng(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)

Example sentences

• 汤姆在整场电影放映时都在睡觉。
  Tāngmǔ zài zhěng chǎng diànyǐng fàngyìng shí dōu zài shuìjiào.
  Tom slept through the entire movie.
• 这座规模不大的电影院在放映影片时会有一段中场休息，期间放映师负责换片。
  The films shown in this modest cinema had an intermission during which the projectionist changed the reel.

Words starting with 放映

• 放映机fàng yìng jīprojector
• 放映室fàng yìng shìcinema room; viewing room

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