电影
diàn yǐng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 電影
A film: a story in moving pictures, seen at the cinema or at home. 看电影 is 'to watch a film', 电影院 'a cinema'; the measure word is 部: 一部电影 'a film'. A television series is a different word, 电视剧.
Phim, bộ phim điện ảnh (không phải phim truyền hình nhiều tập). 看电影 là “xem phim”, 电影院 là “rạp chiếu phim”; lượng từ là 部: 一部电影 (một bộ phim). Phim truyền hình nhiều tập là 电视剧.
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 电/電 = điện · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “điện ảnh” (dien-anh). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “电影” mean?
A film: a story in moving pictures, seen at the cinema or at home. 看电影 is 'to watch a film', 电影院 'a cinema'; the measure word is 部: 一部电影 'a film'. A television series is a different word, 电视剧. Literally: electric shadows
Is “电影” formal or informal?
电影 is generally neutral.