"Photo" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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照 zhào according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before
像片 xiàng piàn photo
相册 xiàng cè photo album
剧照 jù zhào photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie)
合影 hé yǐng to take a joint photo / group photo
人像 rén xiàng likeness of a person (sketch, photo, sculpture etc)
恶搞 è gǎo spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
大头贴 dà tóu tiē photo booth sticker
影集 yǐng jí photo album / CL:本[ben3] / (TV) series
肖像 xiào xiàng portrait (painting, photo etc) / (in a general sense) representation of a person / likeness
相框 xiàng kuàng photo frame
证照 zhèng zhào license / permit / ID photo / passport photo
合照 hé zhào group photo / to take a group photo
留影 liú yǐng to take a photo as a souvenir / a souvenir photo
照相馆 zhào xiàng guǎn photo studio
近照 jìn zhào recent photo
图版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate
显像 xiǎn xiàng to form a picture / to develop a photo / to visualize
解说词 jiě shuō cí commentary (for a film etc) / caption (for a photo etc)
大头照 dà tóu zhào head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc)
证件照 zhèng jiàn zhào identification photo
半身像 bàn shēn xiàng half-length photo or portrait / bust
重影 chóng yǐng overlapping images / double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera) / double vision
合家欢 hé jiā huān group photo of whole family
像片簿 xiàng piàn bù album / photo album / sketch book
单色照片 dān sè zhào piàn monochrome photo / black and white picture
图辑 tú jí slide show / photo gallery (on website)
恶搞文化 è gǎo wén huà spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
爆照 bào zhào (Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online
立体照片 lì tǐ zhào piàn three-dimensional photo
卫星图 wèi xīng tú satellite photo
卫星图像 wèi xīng tú xiàng satellite photo
车头相 chē tóu xiàng photo attached to the front of a hearse in a funeral procession
相簿 xiàng bù photo album
更换照片  photo change
照片科  Photo Section
联合国照片  United Nations Photo
拍照时间  photo opportunity
照片助理  Photo Assistant
照片办事员  Photo Clerk
照片编辑  photo editor
照片资料员  photo librarian
照片实验室主管  Photo Laboratory Supervisor
彩照技术员  Colour Photo Technician
照片技术员  photo technician
照片扫描  photo scanning
照片模切机  photo die cutter
社论、出版物和照片科  Editorial, Publications and Photo Section
照片、设计和分发科  Photo, Design and Distribution Section
照片股  Photo Unit
分发、照片和设计股  Distribution, Photo and Design Unit
俪影 lì yǐng photo of a (married) couple
照骗 zhào piàn (Internet slang) flattering photo (pun on 照片[zhao4 pian4]) / photoshopped picture
C位 C wèi (neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core")
拼婚 pīn hūn to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
美颜 měi yán to beautify sb's face (with cosmetics etc) / to retouch a photo to make sb look more beautiful / beautiful face / beautified face
同框 tóng kuàng to appear together in a photo or video clip
实况照片 shí kuàng zhào piàn live photo / motion photo (a still photo with a few seconds of video captured before and after the photo is taken)
晒照 shài zhào (Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online
翻摄 fān shè to create an image or video by copying an existing one (e.g. taking a photo of a picture in a magazine, recording a video playing on a monitor, taking a screenshot of an online photo) / to remake (a film or TV show)
谍照 dié zhào spy shot / leaked photo of a yet-to-be-released product
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