HSK 5 · Sport

合影 héyǐng “to take a joint photo” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 合影 means

  1. to take a joint photo
  2. group photo
  3. to take a group photo

How to say 合影

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale合hé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale影yǐng3rd tone, dipping

合影 in a sentence

  1. 发给好朋友的请帖上有新郎新娘合影的照片。

    Fāgěi hǎo péngyou de qǐngtiě shàng yǒu xīnláng xīnniáng héyǐng de zhàopiàn.

    The invitations sent to close friends have a photo of the bride and groom together.

    Sentence #421182 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 合影 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 合 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
合héto close
  • 亼to assemble · jí
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 影 (yǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
影yǐngpicture
  • 景part of the characterSound part
  • 彡bristle · shānMeaning part

Memory aidRays of light 彡 with 景 (jǐng) for the sound: a shadow, an image.

How to write 合影

合 6 strokes · 影 15 strokes

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

Words related to 合影

Words with 合

符合fúhé · in keeping with适合shìhé · to fit合格hégé · to meet the standard required合适héshì · suitable集合jíhé · to gather结合jiéhé · to combine联合liánhé · to combine配合pèihé · to cooperate组合zǔhé · to assemble合法héfǎ · lawful

Words with 影

电影diànyǐng · movie电影院diànyǐngyuàn · cinema影响yǐngxiǎng · influence摄影shèyǐng · to take a photograph影子yǐngzi · shadow

More words: Sport & Leisure

操场cāochǎng · playground钓diào · to fish with a hook and bait对手duìshǒu · opponent冠军guànjūn · champion划huá · to row健身jiànshēn · to work out纪录jìlù · record (e.g. a sporting record)教练jiàoliàn · instructor

FAQs

合影 (héyǐng) means “to take a joint photo” or “group photo”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it héyǐng: hé with a 2nd tone, then yǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 合影 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type heying with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 合影 from the suggestions. Typing heying into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
合影 is an HSK 5 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.