The Chinese word **放映 (fàngyìng)**, meaning "to show a film" or "to project," is a **compound verb** formed by combining two meaningful characters: **放 (fàng)**, which means "to release" or "to project," and **映 (yìng)**, which means "to reflect" or "to shine (light)." Together, they create a logical semantic unit where 放 denotes the action of sending something out, and 映 specifies that what is being sent out is light or an image, thus perfectly capturing the process of projecting a movie or slides onto a screen. This formation follows the common Chinese morphological pattern of combining verbal elements to describe a specific, coordinated action.