影 (jing2 | ying3) : shadow; image; reflection

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影

jing2

ying3

[1] [n] shadow; image; reflection
[2] [n] trace; vague impression
[3] [v] copy and imitate
[4] [v] hide; conceal
[5] [n] sundial

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 彡 (#59)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

影

This word has been viewed 13104 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Aug 2009 20:16

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影相機 jing2 soeng3*2 gei1 = camera 粵

影印 jing2 jan3 = to photocopy

影印機 jing2 jan3 gei1 ying3 yin4 ji1 = photocopier; photocopy machine; photostat machine

電影 din6 jing2 dian4 ying3 = movie

合影 hap6 jing2 he2 ying3 = to take a photograph together; group photo

影子 jing2 zi2 ying3 zi5 = shadow; reflection 國

影片 jing2 pin3*2 ying3 pian4 = movie

影相 jing2 soeng3*2 = to take a picture; to take a photograph 粵

錄影 luk6 jing2 lu4 ying3 = to videotape; video-recording 粵

眼影 ngaan5 jing2 = eye shadow
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聖誕期間，電視上播很多好看的電影國
There are lots of good films on TV at Christmas!

唔該,幫我影張相! 粵
Can you help me take a photo, please.

我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.

出現山獅蹤影
the appearance of mountain lion tracks

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 影
Unicode code for this character: U+5f71 (off-site link)

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