Chinese word

截图

Pronunciation

Pinyinjié tú

Meaning

  • nounscreenshot

Example

他发了一个截图给我。tā fā le yí gè jié tú gěi wǒ

He sent me a screenshot.

Illustration for 截图 (screenshot)

More examples

我把手机上的截图保存到相册里了。wǒ bǎ shǒu jī shàng de jié tú bǎo cún dào xiàng cè lǐ le

I saved the screenshot on my phone to my album.

Core concept

A slice of the current screen becomes a shareable picture, whether the focus is on capturing it or on the file that results.

Common phrases

  • 手机截图shǒu jī jié tú

    phone screenshot

  • 保存截图bǎo cún jié tú

    save a screenshot

  • 发截图fā jié tú

    send a screenshot

Similar words

截屏jié píng: A saved image created through a button press or screen operation that captures the display.
屏幕截图píng mù jié tú: A picture file containing the content displayed on a screen.
屏幕快照píng mù kuài zhào: A picture kept as a record of what a screen showed at one moment.

Definition in Chinese

指用手机或电脑的截屏功能把当前屏幕的内容保存为图片，既可指这个截取的动作也可指生成的图片文件。zhǐ yòng shǒu jī huò diàn nǎo de jié píng gōng néng bǎ dāng qián píng mù de nèi róng bǎo cún wèi tú piàn jì kě zhǐ zhè ge jié qǔ de dòng zuò yě kě zhǐ shēng chéng de tú piàn wén jiàn

Word origin

截 (jié, "cut off") + 图 (tú, "picture") forms a transparent compound for cutting a screen image out and turning it into a picture.

Usage tips

  • In everyday speech, 截图 (jiétú, "screenshot") commonly works as both a noun and a verb, so its role comes from the surrounding grammar rather than a separate verb form.

Related words

  • 屏幕截图píng mù jié túscreenshotnoun
  • 截图软件jié tú ruǎn jiànscreenshot softwarenoun

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