Chinese phrase
请打开摄像头 qǐng dǎ kāi shè xiàng tóu
Meaning
Please turn your camera on
When to use it
It is a polite request to turn on a camera. It is common in online lessons, meetings, and video calls, and sounds more courteous than a plain command.
Example dialogue
现在请打开摄像头，我们要开始了。 xiàn zài qǐng dǎ kāi shè xiàng tóu wǒ men yào kāi shǐ le
Please turn your camera on now, since we are about to start.
好的，我马上把摄像头打开。 hǎo de wǒ mǎ shàng bǎ shè xiàng tóu dǎ kāi
Okay, I will turn my camera on right away.