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摄影

shè yǐng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 攝影

摄影 (shè yǐng) means "photography; to take a photograph". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 摄影 means

1. to take a photograph
2. photography
3. to shoot (a movie)

The characters in 摄影

• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 影yǐngpicture; image; film

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.
• 那个摄影师是哪国人？
  Nàge shèyǐngshī shì nǎ guórén?
  What's the nationality of that cameraman over there?

Words starting with 摄影

• 摄影师shè yǐng shīphotographer; cinematographer; cameraman
• 摄影机shè yǐng jī(old) camera; movie camera; cine camera
• 摄影家shè yǐng jiāphotographer
• 摄影棚shè yǐng péngfilm studio; television studio
• 摄影术shè yǐng shùphotography
• 摄影记者shè yǐng jì zhěphotojournalist

Words containing 摄影

• 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
• 报道摄影师bào dào shè yǐng shīphotojournalist
• 中子射线摄影zhōng zǐ shè xiàn shè yǐngneutron radiography
• 乳房摄影rǔ fáng shè yǐngmammography
• 针孔摄影机zhēn kǒng shè yǐng jī(Taiwan) miniature, concealable camera with a pinhole-sized lens; pinhole camera
• 俯瞰摄影fǔ kàn shè yǐngcrane shot; boom shot (photography)
• 旷时摄影kuàng shí shè yǐngtime-lapse photography
• 婚纱摄影hūn shā shè yǐngwedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
• 正电子照射断层摄影zhèng diàn zǐ zhào shè duàn céng shè yǐngpositrion emission tomography (PET)

Sounds the same

Read shè yǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 射影(geometry) projection; see 蜮

Where 摄影 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Photography, Arts & Cultural Works (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shè yǐng correctly.
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