🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

字幕

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zìmù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Subtitle/ˈsʌbˌtaɪtəl/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"有了字幕,电影更容易理解。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A text displayed at the bottom of a screen that translates or transcribes the spoken dialogue.

    "The movie was so much more enjoyable with subtitles, as I could follow the dialogue better."
  2. 2

    A secondary title or explanation that accompanies a primary title.

    "The book's subtitle provided additional context about its content."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'subtitle' originates from the Latin root 'sub-' meaning 'under' and 'titulus' meaning 'title'. It evolved in the early 20th century to refer specifically to text displayed on a screen that translates or transcribes the dialogue of a film or television program.

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