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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *照* | 照* | *照
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
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拍* | 拍* | *拍
to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
HSK 3
portrait (painting, photo etc) / (in a general sense) representation of a person / likeness
HSK 7-9
to take a joint photo / group photo
HSK 7-9
(neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core")
likeness of a person (sketch, photo, sculpture etc)
to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc)
photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie)
photo album
spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
hypo (loanword) / sodium thiosulfate Na2S2O3 used in fixing photos (formerly hyposulfite) / wave (sea)
to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
a collection of choice items (poems, photos etc)
license; permit / ID photo; passport photo
photographic reproduction / photocopying / photo-offset
recent photo
to beautify sb's face (with cosmetics etc) / to retouch a photo to make sb look more beautiful / beautiful face / beautified face
group photo / to take a group photo
to take a photo as a souvenir / a souvenir photo
to capture (an image) / to snap (a photo)
printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate
spy shot; leaked photo of a yet-to-be-released product
photo album / CL: / (TV) series
photo frame
to form a picture / to develop a photo / to visualize
photo album
bareheaded (in a photo)
photo booth sticker
overlapping images / double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera) / double vision
to enlarge (a photo) / to print larger
photo
to enlarge color photos / color film processing
slide show / photo gallery (on website)
to appear together in a photo or video clip
(of a woman) to take out a loan with a lender who retains nude photos or videos of the borrower as collateral
(Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online
photo of a (married) couple
half-length photo or portrait / bust
(Internet slang) flattering photo (pun on 照片) / photoshopped picture
identification photo
wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc)
commentary (for a film etc); caption (for a photo etc)
satellite photo
satellite photo
live photo; motion photo (a still photo with a few seconds of video captured before and after the photo is taken)
silver halide (usually chloride) used to fix photos
to make a V sign (esp. when posing for photos)
(coll.) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
three-dimensional photo
album / photo album / sketch book
group photo of whole family
Pinterest (photo-sharing website)
monochrome photo / black and white picture
spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
photo studio
(Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online
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)
photo attached to the front of a hearse in a funeral procession


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