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拍摄

pāi shè

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 拍攝

拍摄 (pāi shè) means "to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 拍摄 means

1. to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)

The characters in 拍摄

• 拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…

Example sentences

• 拍摄是在中午十二时左右开始。
  Pāishè shì zài zhōngwǔ shí'èr shí zuǒyòu kāishǐ.
  The shooting started around noon.
• 这项活动始于 1972 年，当时有 13 颗热气球低调升空。如今已发展成全球规模最大的热气球盛会，也成为了世界上拍摄次数最多的活动。
  What began in 1972 with a modest launch of 13 balloons has evolved into the largest ballooning event in the world — and the world’s most photographed event.

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