影像

Chinese

		picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow	(look) like; similar (to); appearance (look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
trad. (影像)		影	像
simp. #(影像)		影	像
alternative forms		影象

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐngxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing² zoeng⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): éng-siōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ian² sion³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐngxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐngsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: ying³-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: yǐng-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiingshianq
    • Palladius: инсян (insjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 影像 影象

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing² zoeng⁶
    • Yale: yíng jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing² dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying² zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ³⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 影像 映像

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: íng-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efngsiong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ian² sion³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iáⁿ siòⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ sĩõ²¹³/

Noun

影像

1. portrait; painting
2. impression; image (in one's mind)
3. image (produced by machines); silhouette
4. (medicine) Short for 影像學／影像学 (yǐngxiàngxué, “radiology”).

Synonyms

• (impression): 意象 (yìxiàng), 印象 (yìnxiàng)
• (image): 圖像／图像 (túxiàng)

Derived terms

• 全動態影像／全动态影像 (quán dòngtài yǐngxiàng)
• 動畫影像／动画影像
• 多媒體影像設計／多媒体影像设计
• 影像合成
• 影像圖書館／影像图书馆
• 影像學／影像学 (yǐngxiàngxué)
• 影像對講機／影像对讲机
• 影像捕捉卡
• 影像捕捉器
• 影像處理／影像处理
• 影像處理系統／影像处理系统
• 影像解壓縮卡／影像解压缩卡
• 影像資料庫／影像资料库
• 數位影像／数位影像
• 立體影像／立体影像
• 網路影像電話／网路影像电话
• 遙測影像／遥测影像
• 電視影像／电视影像

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
影	像
えい Grade: S	ぞう Grade: 5
on'yomi

/eizau/ → /eizɔː/ → /eizoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 影像 (ʔjæng^X zjang^X, literally “shadow, reflection + image, resemble”).

Uses the kan'on reading ei for the first character, and the goon reading zō for the second character. The combined reading is likely a later innovation in Japanese after initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えーぞー [èézóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ːzo̞ː]

Noun

影(えい)像(ぞう) • (eizō) ^{←えいざう (eizau)?}

1. a portrait (as of a person)
2. an image, a picture

Synonyms

• (portrait): 肖像(しょうぞう) (shōzō), 絵姿(えすがた) (esugata), ポートレート (pōtorēto)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
影	像
よう Grade: S	ぞう Grade: 5
on'yomi

/yauzau/ → /yɔːzɔː/ → /yoːzoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 影像 (ʔjæng^X zjang^X, literally “shadow, reflection + image, resemble”).

The goon reading for both characters, so likely close to the reading as initially borrowed.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えーぞー [èézóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ːzo̞ː]

Noun

影(よう)像(ぞう) • (yōzō) ^{←やうざう (yauzau)?}

1. (obsolete) a portrait (as of a person)
2. (obsolete) an image, a picture

Usage notes

The yōzō reading appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese.

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN