摄 shè
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 聂 to whisper
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
摄像头
shèxiàngtóu
camera
Characters in this word
像 xiàng
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 象 elephant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 办公楼入口安装了高清摄像头，以便记录进出情况。 Bàngōnglóu rùkǒu ānzhuāng le gāoqīng shèxiàngtóu, yǐbiàn jìlù jìnchū qíngkuàng. A high-definition camera was installed at the office building entrance to record people coming and going.
- 笔记本电脑的摄像头坏了，不能开视频会议。 Bǐjìběn diànnǎo de shèxiàngtóu huài le, bù néng kāi shìpín huìyì. The laptop's camera is broken, so I can't join the video meeting.
- 楼道里装了摄像头，小偷不敢来了。 Lóudào lǐ zhuāng le shèxiàngtóu, xiǎotōu bù gǎn lái le. A camera was put up in the stairwell, and thieves no longer dare to come.
Related words
- 拍摄 pāishè to film; to shoot
- 摄像 shèxiàng to record video
- 摄像机 shèxiàngjī video camera
- 摄影 shèyǐng photography
- 摄影师 shèyǐngshī photographer
- 好像 hǎoxiàng seem; be like
- 像 xiàng to look like; like
- 偶像 ǒuxiàng idol
- 录像 lùxiàng video recording; to record
- 图像 túxiàng image
- 不像话 búxiànghuà outrageous; improper; unacceptable
- 雕像 diāoxiàng statue