拍
照

To take a picture in Chinese: 拍照 (pāi zhào)

pāi zhào

to take a picture

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Definitions

  1. 1to take a picture

Stroke order

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拍
照

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄞ

pāi

ㄆ/ pㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄓㄠˋ

zhào

ㄓ/ zhㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我们一起拍照吧。

    wǒ men yì qǐ pāi zhào ba。

    Let's take a photo together.

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Related words

拍

pāi

to pat

照

zhào

variant of 照

护照

hù zhào

passport

照顾

zhào gu

to take care of

照片

zhào piàn

photograph

按照

àn zhào

according to

照常

zhào cháng

as usual

执照

zhí zhào

license

照相

zhào xiàng

to take a photograph

驾照

jià zhào

driver's license

拍摄

pāi shè

to take (a picture)

依照

yī zhào

according to

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