Camera in Chinese (Mandarin): 相机 (xiàngjī)
相机
xiàngjī
camera
- Simplified
- 相机
- Traditional
- 相機
- Pinyin
- xiàngjī
- Typed as
- xiangji
Use it in a sentence
我用相机拍照。
我用相機拍照。
I use a camera to take pictures.
The characters in 相机
相
Image, appearance; read xiāng, it means each other.
9 strokes
机 / 機
Machine.
6 strokes
相机 is a "picture machine". Taking a photo is 拍照 (pāizhào), and a photo is 照片 (zhàopiàn).
More examples with 相机
爸爸用相机给我拍照。
爸爸用相機給我拍照。
Bàba yòng xiàngjī gěi wǒ pāizhào.
Dad takes my picture with a camera.
这个相机很小。
這個相機很小。
Zhège xiàngjī hěn xiǎo.
This camera is small.
How to write 相机 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
相 9 strokes
机 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
機 16 strokes
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