攝 (sip3 | she4 ) : take a photograph

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攝

sip3

she4

[1] take a photograph/shot of
[2] absorb; assimilate; conserve (health)
[3] act for
[4] [粵] wedge; insert; block up

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 21

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

攝 / 摄

This word has been viewed 7447 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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數碼攝錄機 sou3 maa5 sip3 luk6 gei1 shu4 ma3 she4 lu4 ji1 = digital video camera

攝影 sip3 jing2 she4 ying3 = to take a photograph

拍攝 paak3 sip3 pai1 she4 = (shoot a) picture

攝氏 sip3 si6 she4 shi4 = Celsius, centigrade

攝像機 sip3 zoeng6 gei1 she4 xiang4 ji1 = video camera

攝石 sip3 sek6 = magnet; magnetite

手提攝錄機 sau2 tai4 sip3 luk6 gei1 = camcorder

攝錄機 sip3 luk6 gei1 she4 lu4 ji1 = video camera

攝錄 sip3 luk6 = video camera

攝影機 sip3 jing2 gei1 she4 ying3 ji1 = camera
See all 27 compounds (CantoDict reports 29 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 攝

佢要嫁畀唐叔嘅仔你又唔肯，唔通要個女將來攝灶罅咩？粵
You disallow her despite her wanting to marry Ah Tong's son; don't tell me you want her to end up a spinster?

我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.

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Decimal representation of this word: 攝
Unicode code for this character: U+651d (off-site link)

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