You’re in China and you need some gear. The age-old question: How do I say ___________ in Chinese? Below find a list of Chinese photography terms. Don’t be stumped, look (and sound) like the pro you are.
Thank you to those that assisted with the photography terms in Chinese post. Next week: Useful photography phrases in Chinese.
| Photography | 攝影 sheying | |
| Photographer | 攝影師 shying shi | |
| Camera | 相機 zhaoxiang | |
| Lens | 鏡頭 jingtou | |
| Aperture | 光圈 guangquan | |
| Shutter | 快門 kuaimen | |
| Shutter speed | 快門速度 kuaimen sudu | |
| Flash | 閃光 shanguang | |
| Lighting | 光線guangxian or 燈光 dengguang | |
| Depth-of-Field | 景深 jingshen | |
| Bokeh | 焦外成像jiaowai chengxiang | |
| Portrait | 肖像 xiaoxiang | |
| Landscape | 风景fengjing | |
| Horizontal | 水平 shuiping | |
| Vertical | 垂直 chuizhi |
You had me at zhaoxiang… 😉
I can’t wait for the phrases, would love to see what “can someone move the amn Llama” looks like…
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This is a very interesting post. I feel that no matter how long I live in China, there is always more detailed vocabulary to learn. Thanks for this.
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Anyone has any idea where the Chinese Forum or Chinese wedsite for the Photographer? I would love to view thier work.
Pls HELP! Thks.
Have you thought of any mnemonics for these words? I am looking for contributing authors to add mnemonics to my web site MandarinMnemonics.com
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Bookmarked!!! I am filming hundreds of videos for a learn Chinese website, mandarinnetwork.com. The camera man that films our videos doesn’t speak any Chinese and I never knew how to use those specific words like shutter, portrait and lense. I am going to memorize this whole list before we film another video.
My grandfather was a photographer.I was his model when I was little girl. Now I run a photo studio in China.I hired some professional photographers.They are all Chinese.Sometimes it’s really hard to express what I want.This lesson saves my life.
I think I have to spend time to learn Chinese.A foreigner who lived in China but can’t speak Chinese.You can’t imagine how hard my life is.
相機 zhaoxiang <=– this one's incorrect.
the Chinese text reads 'xiangji'
alternative for Photographer 攝影師 shying 摄影人 sheyingren
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