视频 shìpín video
How to remember 视频: 视 look at + 频 frequency = video.
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How it is used
- The standard modern word for a video, especially digital/internet video.
- 拍视频 (pāi shìpín) - to shoot a video; 看视频 (kàn shìpín) - to watch a video.
- Has largely replaced the older term 录像 (lùxiàng, video recording), which now sounds dated or refers to older recording technology.
- Very common in everyday tech talk - 短视频 (duǎn shìpín, short video) and 视频通话 (shìpín tōnghuà, video call) are frequent compounds.
Example sentences
- 她迷上了视频。 Tā míshàng le shìpín.She was absorbed in the video.
- 这个视频很快火了。 Zhège shìpín hěnkuài huǒ le.The video quickly went viral.