Definition

1. Noun:
   • Film, Movie, Motion Picture: A story or event recorded by a camera as a series of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television.
   • Photographic Film: A thin, flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Movie):
  • Tối nay chúng tôi đi xem phim. (Tonight we are going to see a film.)
  • Phim* đó rất hay và cảm động.* (That movie is very good and touching.)
• Noun (Photographic Film):
  • Máy ảnh này dùng phim cỡ 35mm. (This camera uses 35mm film.)
  • Cuộn phim đã hết. (The roll of film is finished.)

Advanced Usage

• "phim tài liệu": documentary film.
  • Tôi thích xem phim tài liệu về thiên nhiên. (I like watching nature documentary films.)
• "phim câm": silent film.
  • "Chàng độc hành" là một phim câm nổi tiếng. ("The Lone Ranger" is a famous silent film.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phim ảnh (n): cinema, films (as an art form or industry).
  • Cô ấy làm việc trong ngành phim ảnh. (She works in the film industry.)
• Phim truyện (n): feature film.
  • Rạp chiếu chủ yếu các phim truyện mới. (The cinema mainly shows new feature films.)
• Cuốn phim / Cuộn phim (n): a reel of film; a movie (as a physical object or a specific title).
  • Anh ấy giữ cuốn phim cũ trong hộp. (He keeps the old reel of film in a box.)

Synonyms

• Movie: A cinema film.
• Picture: A movie (e.g., motion picture).
• Flick: (Informal) A film.
• Reel: (Historical/technical) A roll of film.

Related Idioms and Common Phrases

• Lên phim: To be photogenic; to look good on film/camera.
  • Cô ấy rất lên phim. (She is very photogenic.)
• Cảnh trong phim: A scene from a movie (often used to describe something dramatic or unreal).
  • Tai nạn đó như cảnh trong phim vậy. (That accident was like a scene from a movie.)

noun

1. film, picture
   • phim câm
     silent film