功夫片

gōngfupiàn
noun #32,024

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 kung fu movie
  2. 2 martial arts film

Examples

Lǐ Xiǎolóng de gōngfupiàn hěn yǒumíng.
Bruce Lee's kung fu movies are famous.
Wǒ xǐhuān kàn gōngfupiàn.
I like watching kung fu movies.

Tips

culture
功夫片 specifically denotes martial-arts action films (think Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li). Related but distinct: 武侠片 (wǔxiápiàn, 'wuxia film' — sword/wire-fu fantasy with chivalric heroes, e.g. 《》). The - (piàn) suffix builds film genres: 动作片 (action), 喜剧片 (comedy), 恐怖片 (horror).

In Pop Culture

李小龙 Lǐ Xiǎolóng
Bruce Lee
The most internationally recognized star of 功夫片, who put the genre on the world map in the 1970s.

Stroke Order

gōng
piàn