Chinese Conversation · Level 72
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Chinese word
拍摄
Pronunciation
Pinyinpāi shè
Meaning
- verbshoot
Example
明天我们准备拍摄这部短片。míng tiān wǒ men zhǔn bèi pāi shè zhè bù duǎn piàn
Tomorrow we plan to shoot this short film.
More examples
他用无人机在海边拍摄了一段视频。tā yòng wú rén jī zài hǎi biān pāi shè le yí duàn shì pín
He shot a video by the sea with a drone.
Core concept
Turn a live scene into a lasting picture or moving image through a camera.
Common phrases
拍摄照片pāi shè zhào piān
take photos
拍摄视频pāi shè shì pín
shoot video
拍摄电影pāi shè diàn yǐng
shoot a film
Similar words
拍照pāi zhào: Make a still photograph of someone or something using a camera or phone.
摄影shè yǐng: Produce photographs for art or business while shaping their visual effect.
摄像shè xiàng: Use a camera to capture moving action as recorded video.
录制lù zhì: Capture sound or moving images on a device for storage as a file.
Definition in Chinese
用相机、手机或摄像机把光影或动态记录成影像，既可指拍照片也常指录像、拍电影或短片。yòng xiàng jī shǒu jī huò shè xiàng jī bǎ guāng yǐng huò dòng tài jì lù chéng yǐng xiàng jì kě zhǐ pāi zhào piān yě cháng zhǐ lù xiàng pāi diàn yǐng huò duǎn piàn
Word origin
拍 (pāi, "to pat or strike") contributes the action of making a camera image, while 摄 (shè, "to gather or capture") adds the sense of taking the scene in and preserving it.
Usage tips
- In schedules and announcements, this verb often names the planned work for a scene or project rather than one brief camera click.
Other meanings
- take photosverb
- shoot videoverb
Related words
- 拍摄地pāi shè dìfilming locationnoun
- 拍摄者pāi shè zhěvideographernoun