影音

yǐngyīn

noun #34,401

Meanings

1 audio and video
2 audiovisual; AV (often Taiwanese usage)

Characters

Examples

这家店专门卖影音设备。

Zhè jiā diàn zhuānmén mài yǐngyīn shèbèi.

This store specializes in audiovisual equipment.

请打开影音播放器。

Qǐng dǎkāi yǐngyīn bòfàngqì.

Please open the media player.

他喜欢收藏经典影音作品。

Tā xǐhuān shōucáng jīngdiǎn yǐngyīn zuòpǐn.

He likes collecting classic audiovisual works.

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影音 (literally 'shadow + sound' = 'image + audio') is the standard term for 'audiovisual' in Taiwan and increasingly mainland tech contexts. CC-CEDICT marks it as Tw (Taiwan-origin). Mainland equivalents include 视听 (shìtīng) for the formal compound.

Stroke Order

影 yǐng

音 yīn