上 映

shàngyìng

“To screen” in Chinese is 上映 (shàngyìng).

Meaning

to screen; to show (a movie)

Example

为了防止盗版，他有些电影从未在影院上映。

To prevent them from being pirated, some of his films were never shown at the cinema.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shàngHSK 13 strokesup; upper; above; previous yìngHSK 49 strokesto become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)

More HSK 7-9 words

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