录像 (lù xiàng) — to videotape, to record (video); video recordin… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

录像 covers both the action ('to record video') and the result ('video recording'). Use 视频 for the video itself as content; 录制 is a more formal verb for recording audio or video; 摄像 emphasizes filming with a camera.

to videotapeto record (video)video recordingvideo

Measure word · 盘

Examples

录像。
Tā yòng shǒu jī lù xiàng le zhěng gè huó dòng.
He used his phone to videotape the whole event.
录像。
Zhè duàn lù xiàng shì qù nián pāi de.
This video recording was taken last year.
录像。
Tā zhèng zài lù xiàng yí gè jié mù.
She is recording a program.

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

录 means record and 像 means image; recording images gives video.

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.

金彔錄

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.

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

亻象像

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

象

Same sound today

像 uses 亻, the side form of 人 (person), with 象 giving the sound.

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