Meaning of 屏幕
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- screen (TV, computer or movie)
How to use 屏幕
屏幕 is the general word for the display of a TV, computer, phone, or movie theater. It often appears in phrases like 手机屏幕 (shǒujī píngmù, phone screen) or 屏幕坏了 (the screen is broken). Example: 我的手机屏幕太小了。 (Wǒ de shǒujī píngmù tài xiǎo le.) My phone screen is too small.
屏 (píng) means a screen or partition that blocks or displays, and 幕 (mù) is a curtain, like a cinema curtain. Put a partition and a curtain together and you get the surface where pictures appear: a screen.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes read 屏 as bǐng, but in 屏幕 it is píng with a second tone. Also, 幕 (mù) is easy to confuse with 墓 (mù, tomb) and 慕 (mù, admire), which share the top part. 幕 has 巾 (cloth) at the bottom.
屏幕 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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屏 píng · screen · 9 strokes
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幕 mù · curtain or screen · 13 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 屏幕.
| 开幕 | kāimù | to open (a conference); to inaugurate |
| 开幕式 | kāimùshì | opening ceremony |
| 闭幕 | bìmù | the curtain falls; lower the curtain |
| 闭幕式 | bìmùshì | closing ceremony |
| 字幕 | zìmù | subtitles; captions (of a movie etc) |
| 幕后 | mùhòu | behind the scenes |
| 内幕 | nèimù | inside story; non-public information |
| 银幕 | yínmù | movie screen |
| 序幕 | xùmù | prologue |
| 屏障 | píngzhàng | barrier |
| 荧幕 | yíngmù | TV screen |
| 屏蔽 | píngbì | to screen; to block (sth or sb) |
Questions about 屏幕
What does 屏幕 mean?
屏幕 (píngmù) means "screen (TV, computer or movie)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 屏幕?
屏幕 is made of 2 characters: 屏 (9 strokes), 幕 (13 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.
Is 屏幕 an HSK word?
Yes. 屏幕 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 屏幕 and 屏?
屏幕 is the full, standard noun for a screen. 屏 alone appears mostly in compounds, such as 屏保 (píngbǎo, screensaver), 大屏 (dàpíng, big screen), and 触屏 (chùpíng, touchscreen).
How do I say touchscreen or screenshot in Chinese?
A touchscreen is 触摸屏 (chùmōpíng) or simply 触屏 (chùpíng). A screenshot is 截图 (jiétú) or 截屏 (jiépíng), as in 我截个屏 (Wǒ jié ge píng, let me take a screenshot).