一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 合影 hé yǐng to take a joint photo / group photo 肖像 xiào xiàng portrait (painting, photo etc) / (in a general sense) representation of a person / likeness syn 近期 jìn qī near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent syn 业绩 業績 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results syn 相册 相冊 xiàng cè photo album 修整 xiū zhěng to spruce up / to renovate / to tend (a garden) / to groom (one's hair) / to finish (a rough surface) / to trim (a lawn) / to touch up (a photo) syn 近况 近況 jìn kuàng recent developments / current situation 影印 yǐng yìn photographic reproduction / photocopying / photo-offset 影集 yǐng jí photo album / CL:本[ben3] / (TV) series 抓拍 zhuā pāi to capture (an image) / to snap (a photo) 照相馆 照相館 zhào xiàng guǎn photo studio syn 人像 rén xiàng likeness of a person (sketch, photo, sculpture etc) 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn 剧照 劇照 jù zhào photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie) 留影 liú yǐng to take a photo as a souvenir / a souvenir photo syn 钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn 近年 jìn nián recent year(s) syn 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 解说词 解說詞 jiě shuō cí commentary (for a film etc) / caption (for a photo etc) 证照 證照 zhèng zhào license / permit / ID photo / passport photo syn 合照 hé zhào group photo / to take a group photo 近几年 近幾年 jìn jǐ nián in recent years 最后更新 最後更新 zuì hòu gēng xīn latest update / most recent update 恶搞 惡搞 è gǎo spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) 大头贴 大頭貼 dà tóu tiē photo booth sticker 应届毕业生 應屆畢業生 yīng jiè bì yè shēng student graduating in the current year / recent graduate 相框 xiàng kuàng photo frame 最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years 全国代表大会 全國代表大會 quán guó dài biǎo dà huì national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years 显像 顯像 xiǎn xiàng to form a picture / to develop a photo / to visualize 马王堆 馬王堆 mǎ wáng duī Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site 像片 xiàng piàn photo 大头照 大頭照 dà tóu zhào head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc) 第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 证件照 證件照 zhèng jiàn zhào identification photo 拍 pāi to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music) syn 照 zhào according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before syn 半身像 bàn shēn xiàng half-length photo or portrait / bust 晚近 wǎn jìn most recent in the past / recent / late / recently 扩印 擴印 kuò yìn to enlarge (a photo) / to print larger 重影 chóng yǐng overlapping images / double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera) / double vision 合家欢 合家歡 hé jiā huān group photo of whole family syn 实况照片 實況照片 shí kuàng zhào piàn live photo / motion photo (a still photo with a few seconds of video captured before and after the photo is taken) 翻摄 翻攝 fān shè to create an image or video by copying an existing one (e.g. taking a photo of a picture in a magazine, recording a video playing on a monitor, taking a screenshot of an online photo) / to remake (a film or TV show) 都会传奇 都會傳奇 dū huì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇 敬悉 jìng xī (honorific) revered news / the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc) / Thank you for your letter. 更新世 gēng xīn shì Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages) 都市传奇 都市傳奇 dū shì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇 最近联合国主要会议所涉统计问题专家组 最近聯合國主要會議所涉統計問題專家組 Expert Group on the Statistical Implications of Recent Major United Nations Conferences 比年 bǐ nián (literary) every year / year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2] 前一向 qián yī xiàng lately / in the recent past 美帝 měi dì (in early CCP propaganda) United States (as an imperialist nation) / (in more recent times) a neutral, colloquial term for the United States 像片簿 xiàng piàn bù album / photo album / sketch book 单色照片 單色照片 dān sè zhào piàn monochrome photo / black and white picture 图辑 圖輯 tú jí slide show / photo gallery (on website) 恶搞文化 惡搞文化 è gǎo wén huà spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) 立体照片 立體照片 lì tǐ zhào piàn three-dimensional photo 卫星图 衛星圖 wèi xīng tú satellite photo 卫星图像 衛星圖像 wèi xīng tú xiàng satellite photo 车头相 車頭相 chē tóu xiàng photo attached to the front of a hearse in a funeral procession 相簿 xiàng bù photo album 更换照片 photo change 照片科 Photo Section 联合国照片 聯合國照片 United Nations Photo 拍照时间 拍照時間 photo opportunity 照片助理 Photo Assistant 照片办事员 照片辦事員 Photo Clerk 照片编辑 照片編輯 photo editor 照片资料员 照片資料員 photo librarian 照片实验室主管 照片實驗室主管 Photo Laboratory Supervisor 致光敏物质 致光敏物質 contactant (photo)sensitizer 彩照技术员 彩照技術員 Colour Photo Technician 照片技术员 照片技術員 photo technician 照片扫描 照片掃描 photo scanning 照片模切机 照片模切機 photo die cutter 社论、出版物和照片科 社論、出版物和照片科 Editorial, Publications and Photo Section 照片、设计和分发科 照片、設計和分發科 Photo, Design and Distribution Section 照片股 Photo Unit 分发、照片和设计股 分發、照片和設計股 Distribution, Photo and Design Unit 俪影 儷影 lì yǐng photo of a (married) couple 品趣志 pǐn qù zhì Pinterest (photo-sharing website) 照骗 照騙 zhào piàn (Internet slang) flattering photo (pun on 照片[zhao4 pian4]) / photoshopped picture C位 C wèi (neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core") 爆照 bào zhào (Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online 拼婚 pīn hūn to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc 美颜 美顏 měi yán to beautify sb's face (with cosmetics etc) / to retouch a photo to make sb look more beautiful / beautiful face / beautified face 免冠 miǎn guān bareheaded (in a photo) syn 同框 tóng kuàng to appear together in a photo or video clip 晒照 曬照 shài zhào (Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online 谍照 諜照 dié zhào spy shot / leaked photo of a yet-to-be-released product