Meaning of 动画片
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- animated film
How to use 动画片
动画片 is the everyday word for cartoons and animated movies, both TV series and films. It often goes with 看 (kàn, to watch). Example: 我小时候每天看动画片。(Wǒ xiǎoshíhou měitiān kàn dònghuàpiàn.) I watched cartoons every day when I was little.
Break it into three parts: 动 (dòng) means to move, 画 (huà) means picture, and 片 (piàn) means a film or flat piece. A "moving picture film" is a cartoon or animated film.
Common mistake: Learners often read 片 here as first tone piān, but in 动画片 it is fourth tone piàn. Also, 画 (huà) is easy to confuse with 话 (huà, speech), so do not write 动话片.
动画片 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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动 dòng · to move · 6 strokes
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画 huà · to draw · 8 strokes
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片 piàn · thin piece · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 动画片.
| 动作 | dòngzuò | movement; motion; action; to act; to move |
| 照片 | zhàopiàn | photograph |
| 行动 | xíngdòng | operation; action |
| 动物 | dòngwù | animal |
| 活动 | huódòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 | yùndòng | to move; to exercise |
| 影片 | yǐngpiàn | a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie |
| 感动 | gǎndòng | to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally) |
| 图片 | túpiàn | picture; photograph |
| 画家 | huàjiā | painter |
| 动物园 | dòngwùyuán | zoo |
| 药片 | yàopiàn | a (medicine) pill or tablet |
Questions about 动画片
What does 动画片 mean?
动画片 (dònghuàpiàn) means "animated film" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 动画片?
动画片 is made of 3 characters: 动 (6 strokes), 画 (8 strokes), 片 (4 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 动画片 an HSK word?
Yes. 动画片 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 动画片 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 动画片 is written 動畫片.
What is the difference between 动画片 and 动画?
动画 (dònghuà) means animation in general, including the art form or an anime series. 动画片 points more to a specific cartoon show or animated film. In casual speech the two often overlap.
Is 动画片 only for children?
No. It covers any animated film, though many people think of children's cartoons first. For Japanese anime, people often just say 动漫 (dòngmàn), which covers anime and comics together.