movie-goers

09:26 Jan 25, 2015
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English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: movie-goers
喜歡看電影的人 is too clumsy, is there any better translation?
TMK729
Hong Kong
Local time: 01:36


Summary of answers provided
4 +3电影客;电影观众
jarv95888
4 +2影迷
Lincoln Hui
3 +1電影迷
David C P Lo
4電影觀眾
Jenny Li


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
影迷


Explanation:
Should have been the first word to come to mind to anyone, frankly.

Lincoln Hui
Hong Kong
Local time: 01:36
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Xing
4 hrs

neutral  pkchan: 影迷=fans
8 hrs

agree  Jinhang Wang
2 days 1 hr
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
電影迷


Explanation:
- inspired by the previous answer, actually
- but to me, 影迷 more commonly collocates with an actor/actress' name to mean a fan of his/hers; I would use 電影迷 instead for the umbrella term

David C P Lo
Hong Kong
Local time: 01:36
Native speaker of: Chinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jinhang Wang
1 day 21 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
电影客;电影观众


Explanation:
As suggested.

jarv95888
Local time: 13:36
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  tanglsus
49 mins

agree  pkchan
1 hr

agree  jyuan_us: 电影观众
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
電影觀眾


Explanation:
it's a general translation for this term.

Jenny Li
Local time: 01:36
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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