相
片

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The Chinese word 相片 is formed by combining the character 相, meaning "appearance" or "portrait", with 片, meaning "slice" or "flat piece". Together, they create a compound word where the literal sense of "a flat piece of appearance" directly refers to a photograph.

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这是一张美丽的相片。

Zhè shì yī zhāng měilì de xiàngpiàn.

This is a beautiful photograph.

他正在看一张旧相片。

Tā zhèngzài kàn yī zhāng jiù xiàngpiàn.

He is looking at an old photograph.

相片里的风景非常漂亮。

Xiàngpiàn lǐ de fēngjǐng fēichāng piàoliang.

The scenery in the photograph is very beautiful.

这张相片是我去年在巴黎拍的。

Zhè zhāng xiàngpiàn shì wǒ qùnián zài Bālí pāi de.

This photograph was taken by me in Paris last year.

我小心翼翼地把这张珍贵的相片放进相册里。

Wǒ xiǎoxīn yìyì de bǎ zhè zhāng zhēnguì de xiàngpiàn fàng jìn xiàngcè lǐ.

I carefully placed this precious photograph into the photo album.

Word Definition - 相片

xiàng piàn image; photograph; CL:張|张[zhāng]

Individual Character Details

相 xiāng, xiāng, xiàng
片 piān, piàn