3 · 40 words

Media and entertainment

Television, papers, films, music, the stage and the people who make them.

Much of this vocabulary is built from parts that keep coming back: 电视(diànshì) gives 电视剧(diànshìjù) and 电视台(diànshìtái), and 演(yǎn), to act or perform, sits inside 演员(yǎnyuán), 导演(dǎoyǎn) and 演出(yǎnchū). Films and series are counted with 部(bù), episodes with 集(jí) and songs with 首(shǒu) — never with a number straight before the noun.

The words

Verb (3)

表演(biǎoyǎn)to perform; to put on (a show)Verb3

孩子们(háizimen)在(zài)新年(xīnnián)晚会(wǎnhuì)上(shàng)表演(biǎoyǎn)了(le)一(yí)个(ge)节目(jiémù)。The children put on a performance at the New Year party.

播放(bōfàng)to broadcast; to play (a recording)Verb3

这(zhè)部(bù)电影(diànyǐng)明天(míngtiān)晚上(wǎnshang)在(zài)电视(diànshì)上(shàng)播放(bōfàng)。This film is being shown on TV tomorrow evening.

拍(pāi)to shoot (a film); to take (a photo)Verb3

这(zhè)部(bù)电影(diànyǐng)是(shì)在(zài)我(wǒ)老家(lǎojiā)拍(pāi)的(de)。This film was shot in my home town.

Also “to clap; to pat”, as with the hands.

This list belongs to Free time, sport and entertainment — five lists and 201 words that can also be practised as a whole.

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