Chinese word dictionary

翻摄

fān shè · 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)

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Word information

Simplified翻摄

Traditional翻攝

Pinyinfān shè

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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翻fān

to upset, to capsize, to flip over

摄shè

to absorb, to take in; to photograph; to act on behalf of

How to learn 翻摄

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翻译fānyì

to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

摄氏度shèshìdù

°C (degrees Celsius)

翻fān

to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross; variant of 翻[fan1]

拍摄pāishè

to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)

摄影shèyǐng

to take a photograph; photography; to shoot (a movie)

摄像shèxiàng

to videotape