· curtain / act
movie
💡 How to pronounce

m → like the 'm' in 'moon'. ù → like 'oo' with a falling tone.

📖 The Story

幕 means the curtain that opens and closes a performance. It represents the beginning and end of each act — the framing of a story. Every film has its幕, and every幕 is a world of its own.

🎬 In Culture Today

In Chinese cinema, the '开幕' (opening) and '闭幕' (closing) are moments of ceremony. The幕 rises and falls on stories that have been told for thousands of years, but the audience never tires of them.

📚 Words

kāi mùopening
bì mùclosing
yín mùscreen

📝 Example Sentences

电影开幕了。

Diànyǐng kāimù le.

The movie has started.

银幕上的故事很感人。

Yínmù shàng de gùshi hěn gǎnrén.

The story on the screen is very moving.