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映

yìng

HSK 5 Character

What 映 means

1. bound formto become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)

Other readings

映 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yìngold variant of {映|yìng}

Example sentences

• 价格反映着需求。
  Price reflects demand.
• 一座岛屿映入眼帘。
  Yī zuò dǎoyǔ yìngrùyǎnlián.
  An island came in sight.
• 汤姆看他在镜中的映像。
  Tāngmǔ kàn tā zài jìng zhōng de yìngxiàng.
  Tom looked at his reflection in the mirror.
• 我在窗户上看见了我的映像。
  Wǒ zài chuānghu shàng kànjiàn le wǒ de yìngxiàng.
  I saw my reflection in the window.
• 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.
• 我的眼睛是一片反映我梦想的海洋。
  Wǒ de yǎnjing shì yī piàn fǎnyìng wǒ mèngxiǎng de hǎiyáng.
  My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.

Words starting with 映

• 映照yìng zhàoto shine upon; to reflect
• 映衬yìng chènto set off by contrast; antithesis; analogy parallelism (linguistics)
• 映入眼帘yìng rù yǎn lián(idiom) to greet the eye; to come into view
• 映射yìng shèto shine on; (math., linguistics etc) mapping
• 映入yìng rùto appear before (one's eyes); to come to (one's mind)
• 映像yìng xiàngreflection; image (in a mirror)
• 映演yìng yǎn(Taiwan) to screen a movie
• 映像管yìng xiàng guǎnCRT (cathode ray tube) used in a computer monitor or TV, aka picture tube (Tw); kinescope
• 映山红yìng shān hóngIndian azalea (Rhododendron simsii)
• 映入脑海yìng rù nǎo hǎito come to mind; to come to one's attention
• 映射过程yìng shè guò chéngmapping process
• 映象文件yìng xiàng wén jiàn(computing) disk image (aka image file); ISO image

Words containing 映

• 反映fǎn yìngto mirror; to reflect; mirror image
• 放映fàng yìngto project (an image onto a screen); to show (a movie, slide etc)
• 上映shàng yìngto screen; to show (a movie)
• 首映shǒu yìngto premiere (a movie or TV show); premiere (of a movie); first-run (movie)
• 掩映yǎn yìnghidden from view; alternately hidden and visible; setting off each other
• 公映gōng yìngpublic screening (of a movie)
• 辉映huī yìngto reflect; to shine
• 倒映dào yìngto reflect (producing an inverted image)
• 放映机fàng yìng jīprojector
• 首映式shǒu yìng shìpremiere of a movie
• 相映成趣xiāng yìng chéng qùto set each other off nicely
• 播映bō yìngto broadcast a film; to televise
• 汇映huì yìngjoint screening; consecutive screening of collection of movies
• 对映duì yìngto be the mirror image of sth; enantiomorphic; antipodal
• 投映tóu yìng(of a light source) to cast one's light on; to project (an image)
• 照映zhào yìngto shine; to illuminate
• 热映rè yìng(of a film or TV show) currently screening as a popular hit
• 试映shì yìngpreview (of a movie); trial screening
• 重映chóng yìngto reshow (a movie)
• 开映kāi yìngto start showing a movie
• 隐映yǐn yìngto set off one another
• 点映diǎn yìng(film) preview screening
• 反映论fǎn yìng lùntheory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical…
• 对映体duì yìng tǐenantiomer (chemistry)

Characters that look like 映

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 朕zhèn(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen
• 殃yāngcalamity
• 炔quēalkyne; also pr. jué

Sounds the same

Read yìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 硬hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly
• 应to answer; to respond; to comply with
• 媵maid escorting bride to new home; concubine
• 賏pearls or shells strung together