Chinese word

长焦

Pronunciation

Pinyincháng jiāo

Meaning

  • nountelephoto lens

Example

我的手机有长焦，可以拍远处的东西。wǒ de shǒu jī yǒu cháng jiāo ké yǐ pāi yuǎn chù de dōng xī

My phone has a telephoto lens and can take pictures of things far away.

Illustration for 长焦 (telephoto lens)

More examples

晚上用长焦拍月亮效果很好。wǎn shàng yòng cháng jiāo pāi yuè liàng xiào guǒ hěn hǎo

Using a telephoto lens to photograph the moon at night gives great results.

Core concept

A camera lens for filling the frame with faraway subjects while standing back.

Common phrases

  • 长焦镜头cháng jiāo jìng tóu

    telephoto lens

  • 手机的长焦镜头shǒu jī de cháng jiāo jìng tóu

    phone's telephoto lens

  • 用长焦拍照yòng cháng jiāo pāi zhào

    take pictures with a telephoto lens

Similar words

长焦镜头cháng jiāo jìng tóu: A camera lens designed to make faraway subjects look larger in a photograph.
长焦端cháng jiāo duān: The zoom position that gives the greatest magnification for distant subjects.
望远镜wàng yuǎn jìng: An optical viewing device that makes distant objects appear closer.

Definition in Chinese

相机或手机上的一种镜头规格，通常指能以较长焦距拍摄远处目标、获得较大放大倍率的镜头。xiàng jī huò shǒu jī shàng de yì zhǒng jìng tóu guī gé tōng cháng zhǐ néng yǐ jiào cháng jiāo jù pāi shè yuǎn chù mù biāo huò dé jiào dà fàng dà bèi lǜ de jìng tóu

Word origin

长焦 (zhǎngjiāo, "telephoto") condenses the phrase for a long-focal-length lens into a compact term used in photography.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, the noun can describe a phone's built-in camera capability, not only a separate lens that attaches to a camera.

Opposites

  • 广角镜头guáng jiǎo jìng tóuwide-angle lensnoun

Related words

  • 长焦镜头cháng jiāo jìng tóutelephoto lensnoun
  • 长焦相机cháng jiāo xiàng jītelephoto cameranoun

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