Shoot in Chinese
to shoot (a film) · HSK 5
拍摄
- 拍 to pat
- 摄 to take
这部电影是在北京拍摄的。 This film was shot in Beijing.
Other ways to say shoot
More words with 拍 or 摄
How do you say shoot in Chinese?
Shoot in Chinese is 拍摄 (pāi shè). You can also say 射 (shè), 射击 (shè jī), 拍 (pāi), 摄影 (shè yǐng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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