電幕

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	stage curtain; tent
trad. (電幕)		電	幕
simp. (电幕)		电	幕

Etymology

Calque of English telescreen, from 電 / 电 (diàn, “tele-”) + 幕 (mù, “screen”). See television / 電視 / 电视 (diànshì). Popularized by George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), in which they are used for government surveillance of citizens.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diànmù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diànmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diànmù
  - Wade–Giles: tien⁴-mu⁴
  - Yale: dyàn-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannmuh
  - Palladius: дяньму (djanʹmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/

Noun

電幕

telescreen