sound film; talkie; movie with synchronized sound
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
sound film; talkie; motion picture with synchronized sound
informalColloquial variant of 有声片, often used in spoken Beijing Mandarin with the -r suffix. Refers to motion pictures with synchronized sound, as opposed to silent films.
Zhè这
shì是
sān三
shí十
nián年
dài代
pāi拍
de的
yǒu有
shēng声
piànr片
。
This is a sound film shot in the 1930s.
Yǒu有
shēng声
piànr片
chū儿
xiàn出
yǐ现
hòu以
mò后
，
piànr默
jiù片
màn儿
man就
shǎo慢
le慢
少
了
。
After talkies appeared, silent films gradually became scarce.
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Nà那
bù部
yǒu有
shēng声
piànr片
pèi儿
le配
Yīng了
wén英
zì文
mù字
幕
。
That sound film has English subtitles.