影视

影視

yǐngshì

noun HSK 3 #20,746

Meanings

Short for 电影 (movie) + 电视 (television) — the combined film and TV industry.

Tā zài yǐngshì hángyè gōngzuò.

He works in the film and TV industry.

Zhè shì yī bù yǐngshì zuòpǐn.

This is a film/TV production.

yǐngshì míngxīng

movie and TV star

Héngdiàn shì Zhōngguó zuì dà de yǐngshì chéng.

Hengdian is China's largest film and TV studio city.

culture

横店影视城 (Hengdian World Studios) in Zhejiang is the world's largest outdoor film studio, where many period dramas are filmed.

usage

影视 is a compound abbreviation: 影 from 电影 (movie) and 视 from 电视 (TV). This abbreviation pattern is common in Chinese.

影 yǐng

视 shì