shè yǐng
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我喜欢摄影。
wǒ xǐhuān shèyǐng.
I like photography.
他是一个摄影师。
tā shì yīgè shèyǐngshī.
He is a photographer.
我们去公园拍照吧。
wǒmen qù gōngyuán pāizhào ba.
Let's go to the park and take pictures.
照相 (zhàoxiàng)
photography
摄像 (shèxiàng)
videography
绘画 (huìhuà)
painting
素描 (sùmiáo)
sketching
The Chinese word for photography, 摄影 (shèyǐng), is composed of two characters: **摄** (shè) and **影** (yǐng). The character 摄 (shè) means "to take" or "to capture", while the character 影 (yǐng) means "shadow" or "image". Together, these two characters form the word 摄影 (shèyǐng), which literally means "to capture shadows" or "to take pictures". This term was coined in the late 19th century when photography was first introduced to China. It is a fitting name for this technology, as it captures the essence of what photography is all about: capturing moments in time and preserving them as images.
