 | 影剧院 | yǐng jù yuàn | cinema / movie theater |  |
| 电影院 | diàn yǐng yuàn | cinema / movie theater / CL:家 / [jia1],座 / [zuo4] | |
| 影院 | yǐng yuàn | cinema / movie theater | |
| 档期 | dàng qī | movie theater schedule | |
| 穿帮 | chuān bāng | (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover | |
| 黄片 | huáng piàn | adult movie / pornographic movie | |
| 预告片 | yù gào piān | movie trailer / previewed movie | |
| 预告片 | yù gào piàn | movie trailer / previewed movie | |
| 下片 | xià piàn | to stop screening a movie / to end the run of a movie | |
| 翻拍 | fān pāi | to reproduce photographically / to duplicate / to adapt (as a movie) / to remake (a movie) / adaptation / reproduction / remake | |
| 武打片 | wǔ dǎ piān | an action movie / a kungfu movie | |
| 武打片 | wǔ dǎ piàn | action movie / kungfu movie | |
| 国际剧院学会 | | International Theater Institute | |
| 戏剧 | xì jù | drama / play / theater | |
| 戏词 | xì cí | actor's lines (in theater) | |
| 剧场 | jù chǎng | theater / CL:個 / |个 / [ge4] | |
| 战区 | zhàn qū | war zone / (military) theater of operations | |
| 行动区频率管理单元 | | theater frequency management cell | |
| 压轴戏 | yā zhòu xì | next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax | |
| 当红 | dāng hóng | currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc) | |
| 包场 | bāo chǎng | book a whole theater | |
| 厢 | xiāng | box (in theater) / side room / side | |
| 剧社 | jù shè | theater company | |
| 戏院 | xì yuàn | theater | |
| 馆子 | guǎn zi | restaurant / theater (old) | |
| 门票 | mén piào | ticket (for theater, cinema etc) | |
| 幕间 | mù jiān | interval (between acts in theater) | |
| 曲艺 | qǔ yì | folk musical theater | |
| 楼座 | lóu zuò | gallery seat (in theater) | |
| 包厢 | bāo xiāng | box (in a theater or concert hall) | |
| 散场 | sàn chǎng | (of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end | |
| 勾栏 | gōu lán | brothel / theater / carved balustrade | |
| 影剧 | yǐng jù | film and theater / screen and stage | |
| 早场 | zǎo chǎng | morning show (at theater) / matinee | |
| 剧院 | jù yuàn | theater / CL:家 / [jia1],座 / [zuo4] | |
| 烟花 | yān huā | fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 爆满 | bào mǎn | filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc) | |
| 点将 | diǎn jiàng | to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task | |
| 大轴戏 | dà zhòu xì | last item on a program (theater) | |
| 数来宝 | shǔ lái bǎo | folk theater consisting of recitation accompanied by clapper board rhythm | |
| 烟花场 | yān huā chǎng | brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 烟花阵 | yān huā zhèn | brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 角 | jué | role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale | |
| 音响 | yīn xiǎng | speakers or speaker (electronic) / acoustics / sound field (in a room or theater) | |
| 银幕 | yín mù | movie screen | |
| 拍戏 | pāi xì | to shoot a movie | |
| 开演 | kāi yǎn | (of a play, movie etc) to begin | |
| 开映 | kāi yìng | to start showing a movie | |
| 惊悚 | jīng sǒng | horror (movie) / thriller | |
| 摄影 | shè yǐng | to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie) | |
| 试映 | shì yìng | preview (of a movie) / trial screening | |
| A片 | A piàn | adult movie / pornography | |
| 样板戏 | yàng bǎn xì | model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution) | |
| 悬念 | xuán niàn | suspense in a movie, play etc / concern for sb's welfare | |
| 影 | yǐng | picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace | |
| 后感 | hòu gǎn | afterthought / reflection after an event / a review (of a movie etc) | |
| 灾难片 | zāi nàn piàn | disaster movie | |
| 重制 | chóng zhì | to make a copy / to reproduce / to remake (a movie) | |
| 镜头 | jìng tóu | camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene | |
| 剧本 | jù běn | script for play, opera, movie etc / screenplay / scenario | |
| 枪版 | qiāng bǎn | amateur pirated DVD, made e.g. by shooting a running movie | |
| 动漫 | dòng màn | cartoons and comics / animes and mangas / cartoon (animated movie) / anime | |
| 散座 | sǎn zuò | single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw) | |
| 烟花女 | yān huā nu:3 | prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 烟花市 | yān huā shì | (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 陈凯歌 | Chén Kǎi gē | Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director | |
| 片头 | piàn tóu | opening titles (of movie) / leader (blank film at the beginning and end of a reel) | |
| 元曲 | Yuán qǔ | Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy | |
| 烟花寨 | yān huā zhài | brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 秧歌剧 | yāng ge jù | Yangge opera, a rural form of theater | |
| 上台 | shàng tái | to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) | |
| 小技 | xiǎo jì | small skills / folk musical theater | |
| 竹板 | zhú bǎn | bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater | |
| 汽车戏院 | qì chē xì yuàn | drive-in theater | |
| 烟花簿 | yān huā bù | catalog of prostitutes (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 搭桌 | dā zhuō | charity performance (theater in former times) | |
| 聚光 | jù guāng | to focus light (e.g. in theater) / to spotlight | |
| 池子 | chí zi | pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) | |
| 首都剧场 | Shǒu dū Jù chǎng | the Capital Theater (in Beijing) | |
| 狂言 | kuáng yán | ravings / delirious utterances / kyō / gen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater) | |
| 走票 | zǒu piào | amateur performance (in theater) | |
| 昆曲 | Kūn qǔ | Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times | |
| 电影 | diàn yǐng | movie / film / CL:部 / [bu4],片 / [pian4],幕 / [mu4],場 / |场 / [chang3] | |
| 幕布 | mù bù | (theater) curtain | |
| 上演 | shàng yǎn | to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging | |
| 摄影机 | shè yǐng jī | camera / movie camera | |
| 宽影片 | kuān yǐng piàn | wide-screen movie | |
| 影迷 | yǐng mí | film enthusiast / movie fan / CL:個 / |个 / [ge4] | |
| 姜文 | Jiāng Wén | Jiang Wen, sixth generation Chinese movie director | |
| 动作片 | dòng zuò piàn | action movie / CL:部 / [bu4] | |
| 最佳 | zuì jiā | optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc) | |
| 拍电影 | pāi diàn yǐng | to make a movie | |
| 电影演员 | diàn yǐng yǎn yuán | movie star | |
| 主演 | zhǔ yǎn | to act the leading role (in a movie or a play) / to star / lead actor | |
| 三级片 | sān jí piàn | third category movie (containing sexual or violent content) | |
| 徐克 | xú kè | Tsui Hark, a movie director | |
| 影片 | yǐng piàn | film / movie / CL:部 / [bu4] | |
| 阿凡达 | A1 fán dá | Avatar (movie) | |
| 金鸡 | jīn jī | Golden Cockerel (mythology) / Golden chicken, 2002 Hong Kong movie | |
| 拉顿 | Lā dùn | Rodan (Japanese ラ / ド / ン / Radon), Japanese movie monster | |
