图片 (tú piàn) — picture; photograph | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

图片 is the general word for any image — printed, digital, or online. 照片 is specifically a photograph taken with a camera; 图画 is a hand-drawn picture.

noun

picturephotograph

Measure word · 张

图片。
Wǒ mǎi le sān zhāng tú piàn.
I bought three pictures.
图片。
Zhè zhāng tú piàn shì wǒ zài gōng yuán pāi de.
This picture was taken by me at the park.
图片。
Wǒ cóng diàn nǎo shàng dǎ kāi le yì zhāng tú piàn.
I opened a picture on the computer.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

图túpicture

片piànflat piece

图 refers to a picture, and 片 gives the sense of a flat piece, so a 图片 is a picture piece.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 圖; 图 is its simplified writing.

囗啚圖

The traditional form 圖 pairs 囗, a walled city, with 啚, an early form meaning remote areas or territory. The simplified 图 is a later abbreviation.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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