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Word and Radical Components of 摄影师

The Chinese word 摄影师 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
摄影师 1. Simplified form of 攝影師

摄影师 ⇨ 摄 + 影 + 师
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Simplified form of 攝
yǐng 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
1. Simplified form of 師

摄 ⇨ 扌 + 聂
Component Pinyin Meanings
shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
1. Simplified form of 聶

影 ⇨ 景 + 彡
Component Pinyin Meanings
jǐng 1. scenery; view
      一定 soeng3-2 留念。 - The scenery is so beautiful! We've got to take a few pictures to mark the occasion.
2. conditions; situation
3. scene; setting; scenario
jǐng 4. to admire; to appreciate
shān 1. bristle
xiǎn 2. hair
3. Only used in 彡姐

聂 ⇨ 耳 + 双
Component Pinyin Meanings
ěr 1. ear
     耳聾 - deaf
2. ear-like object
     木耳 - wood ear; black fungus
3. something on both sides
     耳房 - penthouse
     耳門 - side door
4. handle on both sides of an object
5. (obsolete) to hear; to hear of
6. (Quanzhou, &, Xiamen Hokkien, figurative) something that can be used to coerce or threaten someone
ěr 7. (literary) (Phrase-final particle:) merely; only; that's all
réng, ěr 8. Only used in 耳孫
1. Variant of 雙

景 ⇨ 日 + 京
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. (star) Sun
2. daytime; time between sunrise and sunset
     日班 (rìbān) - day shift
     Antonyms:
3. day; twenty-four hours
4. everyday; daily; day-to-day
5. day of the month
     . (sān yuè sì rì) - March 4
     Synonyms:
6. some day; some other time
7. former times; previous times; the past
8. time; period; age
9. Short for 日本, gloss=Japan; Japanese; Nippo-:
     中日 詞典 (zhōngrì cídiǎn) - Chinese-Japanese dictionary
10. (obsolete) Short for 日斯巴尼亞, gloss=Spain
11. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 日, id=1
12. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with
     狗日 (gǒurì) - fucking
13. Only used in (l-self-lite, zh, sc=Hant, 日)磾, a Han dynasty-era personal name borne by Jin Midi (lw, zh, 金日磾) and Ma Midi (lw, zh, 馬日磾, tr=-).
14. Variant of 時
jīng 1. capital (city)
     京城 - capital city
     京畿 - capital city and its surrounding area
     泰京 - (Thailand) Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)
     墨京 - (dated) Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)
2. Short for 北京, Beijing after 1949
     京劇 - Beijing opera
     京腔 - Beijing accent
3. Short for 南京, Nanjing during 1927 - 1948
4. Short for 京都, Kyoto when referring Japan-related topics
jīng 5. adj. ethnic Vietnamese from China