SC03. How to Talk About Movies in Chinese
How to Talk About Movies in Chinese / Movie Words in Chinese
How to talk about movies in Chinese? When a new movie comes out, how to say you like it or not? In this video lesson you'll learn a lot of useful expressions and movie words in Chinese!
LESSON NOTES
MOVIE WORDS IN CHINESE
| CHINESE | PINYIN | P.O.S | ENGLISH | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 电影 電影 | diànyǐng | n. | movie; film | |
| 一部电影 一部電影 | yíbù diànyǐng | n.p. | a movie | |
| 男演员 男演員 | nányǎnyuán | n. | actor | |
| 女演员 女演員 | nǚyǎnyuán | n. | actress | |
| 动作场面 動作場面 | dòngzuò chǎngmiàn | n. | action scene | |
| 动作片 動作片 | dòngzuòpiàn | n. | action movie | |
| 剧情片 劇情片 | jùqíngpiàn | n. | drama | |
| 科幻片 科幻片 | kēhuànpiàn | n. | science fiction movie | |
| 爱情片 愛情片 | àiqíngpiàn | n. | romance movie | |
| 恐怖片 恐怖片 | kǒngbùpiàn | n. | horror movie | |
| 动画片 動畫片 | dònghuàpiàn | n. | cartoon movie | |
| 喜剧片 喜劇片 | xǐjùpiàn | n. | comedy | |
| 纪录片 紀錄片 | jìlùpiàn | n. | documentary | |
| 烂片 爛片 | lànpiàn | n. | movies that suck |
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EXTRA WORDS
| CHINESE | PINYIN | P.O.S | ENGLISH | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 喜好 | xǐhào | n. | taste; preference | |
| 一般 | yìbān | adj. | ordinary | |
| 好看 | hǎokàn | adj. | good to watch | |
| 烂透了 爛透了 | làntòule | adj. | to be very bad | |
| 感人 | gǎnrén | adj. | touching | |
| 动脑筋 動腦筋 | dòng nǎojīn | v.p. | to use one's brain | |
| 无聊 無聊 | wúliáo | adj. | boring | |
| 有文化 | yǒu wénhuà | adj. p. | cultured | |
| 刺激 | cìjī | adj. | love movie | |
| 打发时间 打發時間 | dǎfa shíjiān | v.p. | horror movie |
这是我今年最喜欢的电影了！
This is my favorite movie this year!
我很喜欢这部电影.
I really like this movie.
我觉得一般吧。
I think it’s just okay.
好感人啊！我都看哭了！
It’s so touching! It made me cry!
我好像没看懂啊，这电影讲的什么呀？
I didn’t really understand it. What’s this movie trying to say?
这部电影烂透了！
This movie sucks so much!
那个女演员好美啊！
The actress is so beautiful!
我主要是喜欢那个男演员。
I mainly just like that actor.
还行，打发时间嘛！
It’s alright, at least it kills time!
故事好无聊啊……
The story was so boring...
里面的动作场面太酷了！
The action scene in it was so cool!
USEFUL MOVIE WORDS IN CHINESE
我不想动脑筋，还是动画片适合我。
I don’t want to use my brain, so Cartoons are better for me.
喜剧片也不用动脑筋啊！
Comedies don’t use your brain either!
我最喜欢动作片！
My favorite is action movies!
科幻片很有市场啊！
Science Fiction Movies are really marketable!
最刺激的难道不是恐怖片吗？
Aren’t Horror Movies the most exciting ones?
剧情片才有深度吧！
Dramas are the profound ones!
要说有文化，还得看纪录片。
If you want to say you’re cultured, watch documentaries.
还是爱情片最好看！
I still think romance movies are the best!
还行，打发时间嘛！
It’s alright, at least it kills time!
我什么都看，只有一种不看，那就是烂片！
I watch everything. There's only one type that I don't watch. And that's movies that suck.
it was nice
very good and informative, but at my level, speaking was too fast for me. I will have to go through again several times more in order to learn from the text.