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摄

shè

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character Traditional 攝

What 摄 means

1. bound formto take in; to absorb; to assimilate
2. to capture (video or still images)
3. literaryto conserve (one's health)
4. literaryto act for

Example sentences

• 他叁加摄影社。
  He belongs to the camera club.
• 我们是摄影师。
  We're cameramen.
• 我对摄影感兴趣。
  Wǒ duì shèyǐng gǎnxìngqù.
  I have an interest in photography.
• 我有三台摄影机。
  Wǒ yǒu Sāntái shèyǐngjī.
  I have three cameras.
• 我是专业摄影师。
  I'm a professional photographer.
• 他手机的摄像头坏了。
  Tā shǒujī de shèxiàngtóu huàile.
  His phone's camera broke.

Words starting with 摄

• 摄影shè yǐngto take a photograph; photography; to shoot (a movie)
• 摄氏度Shè shì dù°C (degrees Celsius)
• 摄取shè qǔto absorb (nutrients etc); to assimilate; intake
• 摄像机shè xiàng jīvideo camera
• 摄像shè xiàngto videotape
• 摄影师shè yǐng shīphotographer; cinematographer; cameraman
• 摄影机shè yǐng jī(old) camera; movie camera; cine camera
• 摄制shè zhìto produce (a TV show etc)
• 摄氏Shè shìCelsius; centigrade
• 摄影家shè yǐng jiāphotographer
• 摄影棚shè yǐng péngfilm studio; television studio
• 摄入shè rùto take in; to absorb; to consume
• 摄政shè zhèngto act as regent
• 摄录shè lùto film; to record (a video)
• 摄食shè shíto consume
• 摄像头shè xiàng tóuwebcam; surveillance camera
• 摄入量shè rù liàngintake (quantity)
• 摄影术shè yǐng shùphotography
• 摄政王shè zhèng wángregent
• 摄影记者shè yǐng jì zhěphotojournalist
• 摄护腺shè hù xiàn(Taiwan) prostate gland

Words containing 摄

• 拍摄pāi shèto take (a picture); to shoot (a film)
• 前摄qián shèfront camera (on a smartphone etc) (abbr. for 前置摄像头
• 统摄tǒng shèto command
• 翻摄fān shèto create an image or video by copying an existing one…
• 调摄tiáo shè(literary) to nurse to health; to recuperate
• 定时摄影dìng shí shè yǐngtime-lapse photography
• 延时摄影yán shí shè yǐngtime-lapse photography
• 微速摄影wēi sù shè yǐngtime-lapse photography
• 慢速摄影màn sù shè yǐngslow shutter speed photography
• 断层摄影duàn céng shè yǐngcomputed tomography
• 缩时摄影suō shí shè yǐngtime-lapse photography
• 血管摄影xuè guǎn shè yǐngangiography
• 计算摄影jì suàn shè yǐngcomputational photography
• 间隔摄影jiàn gé shè yǐngtime-lapse photography
• 前置摄像头qián zhì shè xiàng tóufront-facing camera
• 报道摄影师bào dào shè yǐng shīphotojournalist
• 立体摄像机lì tǐ shè xiàng jīstereoscopic camera; 3D camera
• 中子射线摄影zhōng zǐ shè xiàn shè yǐngneutron radiography
• 乳房摄影rǔ fáng shè yǐngmammography
• 涵摄hán shèto assimilate; to subsume
• 针孔摄像头zhēn kǒng shè xiàng tóuminiature hidden camera; spy camera
• 针孔摄影机zhēn kǒng shè yǐng jī(Taiwan) miniature, concealable camera with a pinhole-sized lens; pinhole camera
• 善自珍摄shàn zì zhēn shètake good care of yourself! (idiom)
• 俯瞰摄影fǔ kàn shè yǐngcrane shot; boom shot (photography)

Characters that look like 摄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 揍zòuto hit; to beat (sb); (colloquial) to smash (sth)
• 慑shè(bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. zhé
• 瘟wēnepidemic; pestilence; plague; (fig.) stupid; dull; (of a performance) lackluster
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…

Sounds the same

Read shè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 社(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
• 设to set up; to put in place; (math) given; suppose; if
• 射to shoot; to launch; to allude to
• 涉(literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo
• 拾to ascend in light steps
• 赦to pardon (a convict)
• 舍(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my…
• 麝musk deer (Moschus moschiferus); also called 香獐子
• 慑(bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. zhé
• 蠂Podisma mikado
• 歙used in 歙县
• 韘archer's thumb ring

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