映 (yìng): to reflect (light), to shine, to project (an image onto a screen etc)
映 (yìng) is a Chinese character meaning “to reflect (light).” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 央 (phonetic). It ranks #1308 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 映 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- to reflect (light)
- to shine
- to project (an image onto a screen etc)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 映
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上映verb | shàng yìng | to screen |
| 放映verb | fàng yìng | to project (an image onto a screen) |
| 首映式 | shǒu yìng shì | premiere of a movie |
| 首映noun | shǒu yìng | to premiere (a movie or TV show) |
| 放映机noun | fàng yìng jī | projector |
| 放映室 | fàng yìng shì | cinema room |
| 播映verb | bō yìng | to broadcast a film |
| 公映verb | gōng yìng | public screening (of a movie) |
| 试映verb | shì yìng | preview (of a movie) |
| 映射verb | yìng shè | to shine on |
| 映照verb | yìng zhào | to shine upon |
| 映衬noun | yìng chèn | to set off by contrast |
| 映入眼帘 | yìng rù yǎn lián | (idiom) to greet the eye |
| 映入 | yìng rù | to appear before (one's eyes) |
| 倒映verb | dào yìng | to reflect (producing an inverted image) |
映 appears in 46 compound words: 26 as the first character, 48 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 映 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 映.
Example Sentences
映复一日，他坚持早起锻炼身体。
yìng fù yī rì , tā jiān chí zǎo qǐ duàn liàn shēn tī .
Day after day, he persisted in getting up early to exercise.
特企/三时四季映照青春舞台 第12届青艺节打造戏曲新风景
tè qǐ sān shí sì jì yìng zhào qīng chūn wǔ tái dì 1 2 jiè qīng yì jié dǎ zào xì qū xīn fēng jǐng
Special enterprises/three seasons and four seasons reflect the stage of youth The 12th Youth Arts Festival creates a new scenery of opera
新春走军营 | 风雪66载 红臂绳映照巡边路
xīn chūn zǒu jūn yíng fēng xuě 6 6 zài hóng bì shéng yìng zhào xún biān lù
New Year's walk to the barracks | 66 years of wind and snow, the red arm rope reflects the patrol road
电竞女孩上映—政府“首部剧情电影计划”优胜电影 明晚...
diàn jìng nǚ hái shàng yìng — zhèng fǔ shǒu bù jù qíng diàn yǐng jì huá yōu shèng diàn yǐng míng wǎn . . .
E-sports girl release - the government's "first feature film plan" winning film tomorrow night...
...跌超9% 三日累跌逾两成 机构称股价已反映海南免税亮眼表现
. . . diē chāo 9 sān rì lěi diē yú liǎng chéng jī gòu chèn gǔ jià yǐ fǎn yìng hǎi nán miǎn shuì liàng yǎn biǎo xiàn
... Down more than 9%, down more than 20% in three days Institutions said that the stock price has reflected the outstanding performance of Hainan Duty Free
电影《飞驰人生3》在澳门热映
diàn yǐng fēi chí rén shēng 3 zài ào mén rè yìng
The movie "Flying Life 3" was released in Macau
一座岛屿映入眼帘。
Yī zuò dǎoyǔ yìngrùyǎnlián.
An island came in sight.
当我们走到转角处，湖就映入了眼帘。
Dāng wǒmen zǒu dào zhuǎnjiǎo chǔ, hú jiù yìngrù le yǎnlián.
As we went around the corner, the lake came into view.
我的眼睛是一片反映我梦想的海洋。
Wǒ de yǎnjing shì yī piàn fǎnyìng wǒ mèngxiǎng de hǎiyáng.
My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.
汤姆看他在镜中的映像。
Tāngmǔ kàn tā zài jìng zhōng de yìngxiàng.
Tom looked at his reflection in the mirror.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 日 (sun) component
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