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Take a photograph in Chinese

to take a photograph · HSK 3

照相 zhào xiàng

  1. 照 zhào to shine
  2. 相 xiāng each other

我们在门口照相吧。 Let's take a photo at the entrance.

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How do you say take a photograph in Chinese?

Take a photograph in Chinese is 照相 (zhào xiàng).

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?

The CC-CEDICT 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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