Chinese Conversation · Level 24
90 words
Chinese word
拍照
Pronunciation
Pinyinpāi zhào
Meaning
- verbtake pictures
Example
我们去公园拍照吧。wǒ men qù gōng yuán pāi zhào ba
Let's go to the park and take pictures.
More examples
旅行时他常常用手机拍照。lǚ xíng shí tā cháng cháng yòng shǒu jī pāi zhào
While traveling, he often takes photos with his cellphone.
Core concept
Using a camera or phone to preserve a visible scene as a still image.
Common phrases
用手机拍照yòng shǒu jī pāi zhào
take photos with a cellphone
给朋友拍照gěi péng yǒu pāi zhào
take a picture of a friend
在景点拍照zài jíng diǎn pāi zhào
take photos at a tourist attraction
Similar words
照相zhào xiàng: Photograph a person or landscape using a camera or phone.
拍摄pāi shè: Capture still images or moving images with photographic equipment.
摄影shè yǐng: Produce photographic works by applying photography skills.
Definition in Chinese
用拍摄设备把眼前的画面记录成静态影像，通常指用相机或手机制作照片。yòng pāi shè shè bèi bǎ yǎn qián de huà miàn jì lù chéng jìng tài yǐng xiàng tōng cháng zhǐ yòng xiàng jī huò shǒu jī zhì zuò zhào piān
Word origin
拍照 (pāizhào, "take pictures") is formed from 拍 (pāi, "tap or press") plus 照 (zhào, "show an image with light"), a compact link between operating a device and creating a still image.
Usage tips
- Chinese often leaves the object unstated when the activity is clear, so a plan to visit a park and take pictures needs no word corresponding to "pictures" after the verb.