shè yǐng

Traditional: 攝影

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摄影 (shè yǐng) is a Chinese word meaning “to take a photograph; photography; to shoot (a movie)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to take a photograph
  2. 2photography
  3. 3to shoot (a movie)
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 摄影

摄shè · (bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate影yǐng · picture

Related words

电影movie; film影响influence拍摄to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)影picture摄像机video camera摄影师photographer; cinematographer; cameraman摄像头webcam阴影(lit. and fig.) shadow影片a copy of a film影像image影子shadow摄影机(old) camera

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