默片

mòpiàn

noun

Meanings

1 silent film; silent movie

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

默片没有声音，只有画面和字幕。

Mòpiàn méiyou shēngyīn, zhǐyǒu huàmiàn hé zìmù.

Silent films have no sound, only pictures and title cards.

HSK 7-9

卓别林在默片时代就已经家喻户晓了。

Zhuóbiélín zài mòpiàn shídài jiù yǐjing jiāyù-hùxiǎo le.

Chaplin was already a household name in the silent era.

Tips

usage

Also called 无声电影, 'soundless film'. The talkies that replaced it from 1927 on are 有声电影.

Stroke Order

默 mò

片 piàn