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The Chinese word ying - 影 - yĭng
(shadow in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

yĭng

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English translations

shadow"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū)., reflection"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū)., image"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū).,
photo"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū)., picture"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū)., photograph"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū).

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 影 ( yĭng ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( ying / yĭng ) with pronunciation (English translation: <m>shadow</m> )
The traditional Chinese characters of yĭng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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影 is composed of 15 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

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影 ( ying / yĭng ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 434)
Chinese example words containing the character 影 ( ying / yĭng )
电影 ( diànyĭng = movie ), 电影院 ( diànyĭngyuàn = cinema ), 家庭影院 ( jiātíngyĭngyuàn = home theatre ), 看电影 ( kàn diànyĭng = to watch a movie ), 色情电影 ( sèqíngdiànyĭng = porn movie ), 摄影 ( shèyĭng = photograph ), 投影机 ( toúyĭngjī = projector ), 阴影 ( yīnyĭng = shadow ), 影棚器材 ( yĭngpéngqìcái = studio equipment ), 影响 ( yĭngxiăng = influence ), 影子 ( yĭngzi = shadow )

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