The Chinese word **合影** (héyǐng), meaning "group photo" or "to take a group photo," is a compound word formed through the logical combination of two meaningful characters: **合** (hé), which means "to join," "combine," or "together," and **影** (yǐng), which means "shadow," "reflection," or more broadly, "photographic image." Thus, the term conceptually describes the act or result of **combining multiple people's images together** into a single frame. It follows a standard modifier-result or verb-object structure in Chinese word formation, where "合" (joining) acts upon "影" (the image) to create a new, specific semantic unit that is immediately understandable from its components.