Definition

1. Noun:
   • Cinema, movies: Refers to the art, technology, and industry of motion pictures, or to a movie theater. It denotes the activity of showing films or the films themselves.
   • Film screening/projection: Specifically refers to the act of projecting a film onto a screen.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tối nay chúng tôi đi xem chiếu bóng. (Tonight we are going to the cinema.)
  • Anh ấy làm việc trong ngành chiếu bóng. (He works in the movie industry.)
  • Buổi chiếu bóng sẽ bắt đầu lúc 8 giờ. (The film screening will start at 8 o'clock.)

Advanced Usage

• "Rạp chiếu bóng": Movie theater, cinema (a compound noun where "chiếu bóng" is part of a larger term).
  • Rạp chiếu bóng ở trung tâm thành phố rất lớn. (The movie theater in the city center is very large.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chiếu (verb): To project, to show (a film). This is the core verb from which "chiếu bóng" is derived.
  • Họ sẽ chiếu bộ phim mới vào tuần tới. (They will show the new film next week.)
• Phim (noun): Film, movie. A more common and general term for a motion picture.
  • Tôi thích xem phim hành động. (I like watching action movies.)
• Điện ảnh (noun): Cinema (as an art form or industry). A more formal term.
  • Nền điện ảnh Việt Nam đang phát triển. (The Vietnamese cinema industry is developing.)

Synonyms

• Xi-nê: A Vietnamese transliteration of the French "cinéma," used colloquially.
  • Đi xi-nê không? (Want to go to the movies?)

Related Phrases

• Đi xem chiếu bóng: To go to the movies/cinema. This is a common fixed phrase.
  • Cuối tuần này chúng ta đi xem chiếu bóng nhé? (Shall we go to the movies this weekend?)

1. Cinema, movies