Chinese word

影像

Pronunciation

Pinyinyǐng xiàng

Meaning

  • nounimage

Example

手机里的影像被删除了。shǒu jī lǐ de yǐng xiàng bèi shān chú le

The image on the phone was deleted.

Illustration for 影像 (image)

More examples

工程师正在测试影像传输的稳定性。gōng chéng shī zhèng zài cè shì yǐng xiàng chuán shū de wěn dìng xìng

The engineer is testing the stability of the image transmission.

Core concept

A visible record or display of a scene that may remain still or change over time.

Common phrases

  • 实时影像shí shí yǐng xiàng

    real-time video

  • 影像清晰度yǐng xiàng qīng xī dù

    image clarity

  • 影像传输yǐng xiàng chuán shū

    image transmission

Similar words

视频shì pín: Visual content that records movement and plays back over time.
照片zhào piān: One still image recorded digitally or on paper.
图像tú xiàng: An image expressed visually, including a drawing or photograph.

Definition in Chinese

通过摄影、摄像或电子设备记录或展示的可视画面，既包括静态照片，也包括动态视频。tōng guò shè yǐng shè xiàng huò diàn zi shè bèi jì lù huò zhǎn shì de kě shì huà miàn jì bāo kuò jìng tài zhào piān yě bāo kuò dòng tài shì pín

Word origin

影 (yǐng, "shadow") + 像 (xiàng, "likeness") combine the ideas of a visible form and a represented shape, giving the word its broad sense of recorded or displayed visual content.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, this noun often sounds formal and technical, so it is especially common in news, medical, surveillance, and media settings.

Other meanings

  • videonoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 影像处理yǐng xiàng chú lǐimage processingnoun
  • 影像存储yǐng xiàng cún chǔimage storagenoun

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