摄像 shèxiàng to videotape
How to remember 摄像: 摄 to absorb + 像 alike = to videotape.
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How it is used
- To record video / shoot footage with a camera - 摄像机 (shèxiàngjī) video camera, 现场摄像 (xiànchǎng shèxiàng) film on site.
- Specifically about capturing moving images; contrast 摄影 (shèyǐng), which is photography (still images) or cinematography more broadly.
- Technical/media register; the 摄 reads shè.
Example sentences
- 他不打算买一个摄像机。 Tā bù dǎsuàn mǎi yígè shèxiàngjī.He isn't going to buy a camera.
- 我弟弟手里拿着一个摄像机。 Wǒ dìdi shǒulǐ ná zhe yígè shèxiàngjī.My brother is holding a camera in his hand.