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攝影

简摄影 · 繁攝影

Mandarin · pinyin shè yǐng

to take a photograph
photography
to shoot (a movie)

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攝: Look up this written character
影: yǐng · shadow; image, reflection; photograph
摄: shè · take in, absorb; act as deputy

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4–3 · she4 ying3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sip3 jing2

Cantonese word readings for 攝影. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to take a photograph
to shoot a film; to film

noun

photography
shooting (of a film)

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