照片

Character by character

• 照zhào13 strokesHSK 2shine, illumine, reflect
• 片piàn4 strokesHSK 2slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 没照片。

  Méi zhào piàn

  No pictures.

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• 我有很多照片。

  Wǒ yǒu hěn duō zhào piàn

  I have a lot of pictures.

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• 我想要你的照片。

  Wǒ xiǎng yào nǐ de zhào piàn

  I would like your picture.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 照片. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 片piànHSK 2

  thin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice; to carve thin; partial; incomplete; one-sided; classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water; classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc; used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc; Kangxi radical 91

• 照zhàoHSK 3

  according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before

• 按照àn zhàoHSK 3

  according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of

• 照顾zhào guHSK 2

  to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after

• 图片tú piànHSK 2

  picture; photograph

• 影片yǐng piànHSK 2

  a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie

• 拍照pāi zhàoHSK 4

  to take a picture

• 唱片chàng piànHSK 4

  gramophone record; LP; music CD; musical album

• 芯片xīn piànHSK 7

  computer chip; microchip

• 片子piàn ziHSK 7

  thin flake; small piece

• 名片míng piànHSK 4

  (business) card

• 片刻piàn kè

  short period of time; a moment

• 护照hù zhàoHSK 2

  passport

• 卡片kǎ piànHSK 7

  card

• 片段piàn duànHSK 7

  fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)

• 牌照pái zhàoHSK 7

  (business) license; vehicle license; car registration; license plate

• 依照yī zhàoHSK 5

  according to; in light of

• 大片dà piànHSK 7

  wide expanse; large area; vast stretch; extending widely; blockbuster movie

• 照相zhào xiàngHSK 2

  to take a photograph

• 相片xiàng piànHSK 4

  image; photograph

• 照样zhào yàngHSK 6

  as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless

• 关照guān zhàoHSK 7

  to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind

• 明信片míng xìn piàn

  postcard

• 照相机zhào xiàng jī

  camera