摄影 shèyǐng▶ Fotografía

Stroke order

摄影 is written in 28 strokes across 2 characters.

• 摄 — 13 strokes
• 影 — 15 strokes

Senses

1. to take a photograph
2. photography
3. to shoot (a movie)

Related words

• 合影Foto de grupo
• 影子sombra
• 摄氏度Centígrado
• 影响Influencia
• 电影película

摄影 is pronounced shèyǐng and means “Fotografía”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 摄影 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.