Usage note
拍照表示用相机记录画面。
pāi zhào biǎo shì yòng xiàng jī jì lù huà miàn。
Take photos means using a camera to capture images.
Context note
拍照常出现在旅行、活动和记录生活里。
pāi zhào cháng chū xiàn zài lǚ xíng 、 huó dòng hé jì lù shēng huó lǐ。
Taking photos often appears in travel, events, and recording life.
5 examples
我喜欢拍照。
wǒ xǐ huan pāi zhào。
I like taking photos.
请帮我拍照。
qǐng bāng wǒ pāi zhào。
Please help me take a photo.
我们在公园拍照。
wǒ men zài gōng yuán pāi zhào。
We take photos in the park.
她给大家拍照。
tā gěi dà jiā pāi zhào。
She takes photos for everyone.
拍照以后，把照片发给我。
pāi zhào yǐ hòu， bǎ zhào piàn fā gěi wǒ。
After taking the photo, send it to me.
5 mini stories
周末我们去公园拍照，留下了很多好看的照片。
zhōu mò wǒ men qù gōng yuán pāi zhào， liú xià le hěn duō hǎo kàn de zhào piàn。
On the weekend we went to the park to take photos and kept many nice pictures.
妈妈让我站好，她要给我拍照。
mā ma ràng wǒ zhàn hǎo， tā yào gěi wǒ pāi zhào。
Mom asked me to stand still because she wanted to take a photo of me.
老师说活动的时候可以拍照，但是不要打扰别人。
lǎo shī shuō huó dòng de shí hòu kě yǐ pāi zhào， dàn shì bú yào dǎ rǎo bié rén。
The teacher said we can take photos during the event, but do not disturb others.
我和朋友一起拍照，笑得很开心。
wǒ hé péng yǒu yì qǐ pāi zhào， xiào dé hěn kāi xīn。
My friend and I took photos together and laughed happily.
拍照以后，我把照片放进相册。
pāi zhào yǐ hòu， wǒ bǎ zhào piàn fàng jìn xiàng cè。
After taking the photos, I put them into an album.
Mini dialogue
一起拍照
A
这里的花真漂亮，我们拍照吧。
Zhèlǐ de huā zhēn piàoliang, wǒmen pāizhào ba.
The flowers here are so pretty, let's take photos.
B
好啊，我喜欢拍照。
Hǎo a, wǒ xǐhuān pāizhào.
Okay, I like taking photos.
看照片
A
你在做什么？
Nǐ zài zuò shénme?
What are you doing?
B
我在给小猫拍照。
Wǒ zài gěi xiǎo māo pāizhào.
I'm taking photos of the kitten.
Related words and contrasts
related
照片
zhàopiàn
photograph
The result of 拍照
related
相机
xiàngjī
camera
Tool used to 拍照