The Chinese word for photographer is
摄影师
shè yǐng shī
Chinese Definition
| photographer | |
| 1. 摄影师 | |
| 2. 照相师 | |
| Components | |
| 摄 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 攝 | |
| 影 | |
| 1. shadow | |
| 2. image | |
| 3. trace (of human presence); presence (of people or things); occurrence (of events) | |
| 4. picture; photograph | |
| 5. (chiefly in compounds) film; movie | |
| 影視 - film and television - | |
| 影星 - movie star - | |
| 6. (Cantonese) to take (a picture or video) | |
| 7. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 影 | |
| 师 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 師 |
Translations for 师 and their definitions
| 攝影師 | |
| 1. n. photographer | |
| 2. n. cameraman |
| 摄影师 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 攝影師 |
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Pronunciation
shè yǐng shī
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