Chinese word

图片

Pronunciation

Pinyintú piàn

Meaning

  • nounpicture

Example

请把图片发给我。qǐng bǎ tú piàn fā gěi wǒ

Please send me the picture.

Illustration for 图片 (picture)

More examples

老师用图片教我们。lǎo shī yòng tú piàn jiāo wǒ men

The teacher uses pictures to teach us.

Core concept

A piece of visual information that can record what is seen or organize it for explanation.

Common phrases

  • 看图片kàn tú piàn

    look at pictures

  • 那张图片nà zhāng tú piàn

    that picture

  • 两张图片liǎng zhāng tú piàn

    two pictures

Similar words

照片zhào piān: A still image made by taking a picture with a camera.

Definition in Chinese

指可作为信息传递或展示的一张或多张画面之类的图像，既可以是照片也可以是图表或插图。zhǐ kě zuò wéi xìn xī chuán dì huò zhǎn shì de yì zhāng huò duō zhāng huà miàn zhī lèi de tú xiàng jì ké yǐ shì zhào piān yě ké yǐ shì tú biǎo huò chā tú

Word origin

图片 (túpiàn, "picture") combines 图 (tú, "picture or diagram") with 片 (piàn, "piece"), treating visual content as one piece.

Usage tips

  • For several pictures, Chinese commonly uses 张 (zhāng, "flat-item measure word") before the noun, as in 几张图片 (jǐ zhāng túpiàn, "several pictures").

Other meanings

  • photonoun
  • diagramnoun

Opposites

Word lists with this word