HSK 6 · Science

视频 shìpín “video” in Chinese

Traditional 視頻

What 视频 means

  1. video

How to say 视频

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale视shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale频pín2nd tone, rising

视频 in a sentence

  1. 我真的很喜欢看你的视频。

    Wǒ zhēn de hěn xǐhuan kàn nǐ de shìpín.

    I really enjoy watching your videos.

    Sentence #9698611 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个视频很快火了。

    Zhè ge shìpín hěn kuài huǒ le.

    The video quickly went viral.

    Sentence #10635235 from Tatoeba

  3. 我还没看过那段视频。

    Wǒ hái méi kànguo nà duàn shìpín.

    I haven’t watched that video yet.

    Sentence #8514549 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 视频 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 视 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
视shìto look at
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìSound part
  • 见to see · jiànMeaning part

见 hints at the meaning (to see); 礻 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with shì.

The character 频 (pín) with each of its parts in a different colour
频pínfrequency
  • 步walk · bù
  • 页page · xié

How to write 视频

视 8 strokes · 频 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

视频 (shìpín) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 视频 (shìpín). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 视频

Words with 视

电视diànshì · television重视zhòngshì · to take seriously忽视hūshì · to neglect轻视qīngshì · to look down on视力shìlì · eyesight视线shìxiàn · line of sight俯视fǔshì · to look down on (from above)监视jiānshì · to monitor凝视níngshì · to gaze at注视zhùshì · to gaze at

Words with 频

频道píndào · frequency频繁pínfán · frequent频率pínlǜ · frequency

More words: Science & Technology

频率pínlǜ · frequency溶解róngjiě · to dissolve摄氏度shèshìdù · degrees Celsius设置shèzhì · to set up试验shìyàn · test太空tàikōng · outer space探测tàncè · to detect弹性tánxìng · elasticity

FAQs

视频 (shìpín) means “video”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìpín: shì with a 4th tone, then pín with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 视频 is written 視頻. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shipin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 视频 from the suggestions. Typing shipin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
视频 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.