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录影 (lù yǐng) — (verb) to record video, to videotape; (noun) recorded video, footage

Definition

Records video or refers to the footage itself — 录影 is the process and the result, not the device (that's 录像机). Contrast with 录像, which now more often names a recording as a noun.

verb
to record videoto videotape
noun
recorded videofootage

Examples

  • 录影。
    Wǒ men yào yòng shè xiàng jī lù yǐng zhěng gè guò chéng.
    We need to videotape the entire process using a camera.
  • 。
    Zuó tiān tā lù le yí gè xiǎo shí de yǐng.
    He recorded an hour of video yesterday.
  • 录影，。
    Zhè duàn lù yǐng zī liào fēi cháng zhòng yào, qǐng bǎo cún hǎo.
    This footage is very important; please save it properly.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

录lùrecord
影yǐngimage/video

Record 录 acts on image 影, giving the action of videotaping.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 錄; 录 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
彔
彔lù錄lù
Same sound today

The traditional form 錄 combines 金 (metal) with 彔, which gives the sound; the simplified 录 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 录 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
景
景jǐng影yǐng
Same sound today

影 pairs 景, which gives the sound and also carries the idea of image, with 彡, the part that points to shadow.

Open 影 →
Appears in
Photography & Design

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