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視頻

简视频 · 繁視頻

Mandarin · pinyin shì pín

video

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頻: Look up this written character
视: shì · look at, inspect, observe, see
频: pín · frequently, again and again

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4–2 · shi4 pin2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

si6 pan4

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

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

(chiefly Mainland China) video (as opposed to audio) (Classifier: 段)
(chiefly Mainland China) video call
(telecommunications) video frequency (frequency of signals transmitting images and sync pulses in television broadcasting systems)

verb

(chiefly Mainland China, informal) to have a video call

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