tú piàn
picture; photograph
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这张图片真漂亮。
Zhè zhāng tùpiàn zhēn piàoliang.
This picture is so beautiful.
我想把这张图片发给我的朋友。
Wǒ xiǎng bǎ zhè zhāng tùpiàn fā gěi wǒ de péngyou.
I want to send this picture to my friend.
你能帮我把这张图片打印出来吗？
Nǐ néng bāng wǒ bǎ zhè zhāng tùpiàn dǎyìn chūlái ma?
Can you help me print out this picture?
文字 (wénzì)
text
图像 (túxiàng)
image
The Chinese word 图片 (túpian) for "picture" is composed of two characters: 图 (tú) and 片 (piàn). The character 图 originally meant "a map" or "a plan," and it is composed of the radical 土 (tǔ) for "earth" and the phonetic component 甫 (fǔ). The character 片 originally meant "a piece" or "a slice," and it is composed of the radical 刀 (dāo) for "knife" and the phonetic component 扁 (biǎn).When combined, the characters 图 and 片 form the word 图片, which literally means "a piece of a map" or "a slice of a plan." This is a fitting name for a picture, as it is a representation of a scene or object that has been captured in a two-dimensional format.The word 图片 is commonly used in Chinese to refer to any type of image, including photographs, drawings, paintings, and illustrations. It can also be used to refer to the image file format used to store digital images on computers.
