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拍照

pāi zhào · pai zhao

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Meaning

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  1. to take a picture
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Photos of flowers

  1. Liangliang

    花(huā)开得(kāide)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)，我们(wǒmen)拍照(pāizhào)吧(ba)！

    The flowers are blooming so well. Let's take photos!

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，你(nǐ)站在(zhànzài)花(huā)前面(qiánmiàn)，我(wǒ)给(gěi)你(nǐ)拍照(pāizhào)。

    OK, you stand in front of the flowers, and I'll take your photo.

  3. Liangliang

    拍好(pāihǎo)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you finish?

  4. Dengdeng

    拍好了(pāihǎole)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)。

    Done. Look.

  5. Liangliang

    咦(yí)，这(zhè)张(zhāng)只有(zhǐyǒu)花(huā)，我(wǒ)人(rén)呢(ne)？

    Huh, this one has only flowers. Where am I?

  6. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)说(shuō)花(huā)开得(kāide)好看(hǎokàn)，所以(suǒyǐ)我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)拍了(pāile)花(huā)。

    You said the flowers were pretty, so I only took the flowers.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)去(qù)公(gōng)园(yuán)拍(pāi)照(zhào)了(le)。

We've gone to the park to take photos.

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

02

我(wǒ)能(néng)在(zài)这(zhè)里(lǐ)拍(pāi)照(zhào)吗(ma)？

Can I take pictures here?

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

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