"Camera" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 照相机 | zhào xiàng jī | camera / CL:台[tai2],部[bu4],架[jia4] |   |
| 相机 | xiàng jī | camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1]) / at the opportune moment / as the circumstances allow | |
| 摄影机 | shè yǐng jī | (old) camera / movie camera / cine camera | |
| 照像机 | zhào xiàng jī | variant of 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1] / camera | |
| 开麦拉 | kāi mài lā | camera (loanword) | |
| 长枪短炮 | cháng qiāng duǎn pào | camera (jocular) | |
| 镜头 | jìng tóu | camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene | |
| 数码相机 | shù mǎ xiàng jī | digital camera | |
| 摄像头 | shè xiàng tóu | webcam / surveillance camera | |
| 摄像机 | shè xiàng jī | video camera / CL:部[bu4] | |
| 视角 | shì jiǎo | angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view | |
| 监视器 | jiān shì qì | security camera / surveillance monitor | |
| 莱卡 | Lái kǎ | Leica camera / Lycra (fiber or fabric) | |
| 取景器 | qǔ jǐng qì | viewfinder (of a camera etc) | |
| 出镜 | chū jìng | to appear on camera / to play a role in a film | |
| 暗箱 | àn xiāng | camera bellows / camera obscura | |
| 单反相机 | dān fǎn xiàng jī | single-lens reflex camera (SLR) | |
| 电子眼 | diàn zǐ yǎn | electronic eye / bionic eye / surveillance camera / (esp.) traffic enforcement camera | |
| 数码照相机 | shù mǎ zhào xiàng jī | digital camera | |
| 广角镜头 | guǎng jiǎo jìng tóu | wide angle camera shot | |
| 电子警察 | diàn zǐ jǐng chá | traffic camera / speed camera / closed-circuit TV police surveillance | |
| 摄象头 | shè xiàng tóu | web camera | |
| 傻瓜相机 | shǎ guā xiàng jī | point-and-shoot camera / compact camera | |
| 抢镜头 | qiǎng jìng tóu | to scoop the best camera shots / to grab the limelight | |
| 暗袋 | àn dài | camera bag (for changing film) | |
| 单镜反光相机 | dān jìng fǎn guāng xiàng jī | single-lens reflex camera (SLR) | |
| 水底相机 | shuǐ dǐ xiàng jī | underwater camera | |
| 眼房 | yǎn fáng | camera oculi / aqueous chamber of the eye | |
| 立体摄像机 | lì tǐ shè xiàng jī | stereoscopic camera / 3D camera | |
| 自拍器 | zì pāi qì | camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release) | |
| 自拍模式 | zì pāi mó shì | camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release) | |
| 调准 | tiáo zhǔn | to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value | |
| 针孔摄影机 | zhēn kǒng shè yǐng jī | pinhole camera (for espionage, voyeurism etc) | |
| 摄象管 | shè xiàng guǎn | camera tube | |
| 测图摄影机 | cè tú shè yǐng jī | mapping camera | |
| 机械旋镜照相机 | mechanical rotating mirror camera | | |
| 摄象机位置 | shè xiàng jī wèi zhì | camera station | |
| 暗天体摄像机 | àn tiān tǐ shè xiàng jī | Faint Object Camera | |
| 自旋扫描摄云照相机 | spin-scan cloud camera | | |
| 带状摄像机 | dài zhuàng shè xiàng jī | strip camera | |
| 光子计数照相系统 | photon counting camera system | | |
| 多光谱空间照相机 | Multispectral Space Camera | | |
| 分帧侦查照相机 | frame reconnaissance camera | | |
| 地球地形摄影机 | Earth Terrain Camera | | |
| 航空照相机 | aerial camera | | |
| 航摄仪 | háng shè yí | aerial camera | |
| 程控监视摄像机 | programmable surveillance camera | | |
| 分幅相机 | framing camera | | |
| 大像幅摄影机 | large format camera | | |
| 宽视场照相机 | Wide Field Camera | | |
| 摄影员 | cameraman / camera operator | | |
| 摄影主任 | Camera Director | | |
| 配备取样器的静物摄影机 | sampler-mounted still camera | | |
| 毫米波照相机 | millimeter-wave camera | | |
| 扫描照相机 | streak camera | | |
| 伽马射线照相机 | gamma camera | | |
| 摄影机安装队 | camera installation team | | |
| 单眼相机 | dān yǎn xiàng jī | single-lens reflex camera (Tw) | |
| 跟拍 | gēn pāi | to document on film the course of events / to follow sb with a camera | |
| 造型蛋糕 | zào xíng dàn gāo | custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character) | |
| 卡片机 | kǎ piàn jī | compact digital camera / point-and-shoot camera | |
| 啪嚓 | pā chā | (onom.) (sound of sth smashing as it hits the ground) / (onom.) (sound made by a camera shutter) | |
| 运动相机 | yùn dòng xiàng jī | action camera | |
| 运镜 | yùn jìng | (cinematography) camera movement (tracking, panning, zooming etc) / to execute a camera movement | |
