to clap; slap; bat; racket; to take (a photo) (v.)
HSK 5
Traditional
拍 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Phonetically similar words
派 pài - faction; clique; to dispatch (v.) | HSK 5
Examples
他喜欢用手机拍照。 tā xǐhuān yòng shǒujī pāizhào. - He likes to take photos with his phone.
导演正在拍电影。 dǎoyǎn zhèngzài pāi diànyǐng. - The director is filming a movie.
请帮我拍一张合影。 qǐng bāng wǒ pāi yī zhāng héyǐng. - Please help me take a group photo.
他拍了一部纪录片。 tā pāi le yī bù jìlùpiàn. - He made a documentary.
她喜欢拍风景照片。 tā xǐhuān pāi fēngjǐng zhàopiàn. - She likes to take landscape photos.