拍

pāi · pai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to pat
  2. to clap
  3. to slap
  4. to swat
  5. to take (a photo)
  6. to shoot (a film)
  7. racket (sports)
  8. beat (music)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)的(de)业(yè)余(yú)爱(ài)好(hào)是(shì)拍(pāi)野(yě)花(huā)的(de)照(zhào)片(piàn)。

My hobby is taking pictures of wild flowers.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

拍(pāi)火(huǒ)车(chē)的(de)照(zhào)片(piàn)什(shén)么(me)的(de),有(yǒu)什(shén)么(me)好(hǎo)玩(wán)的(de)呀(ya)?

What's so fun about taking pictures of trains?

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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