The Chinese word **纪录片** (jìlùpiàn), meaning "documentary film," is a compound word formed through a logical and descriptive morphological process: the first two characters **记录** (jìlù) form a verb meaning "to record" or "to document," which functions as a modifier, and it is combined with the final character **片** (piàn), a common noun suffix meaning "film" or "movie piece." Thus, the term literally and semantically translates to "record-film" or "documenting film," directly describing the genre's essence of presenting factual recordings.