打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn 摄影 攝影 shè yǐng to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie) syn 发射 發射 fā shè to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission syn 射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 瞎吹 xiā chuī to boast / to shoot one's mouth off 拍 pāi to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music) syn 拍摄 拍攝 pāi shè to take (a picture) / to shoot (a film) syn 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 射门 射門 shè mén (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal 开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn 拍戏 拍戲 pāi xì to shoot a movie 投篮 投籃 tóu lán to shoot for the basket (basketball) 狙击 狙擊 jū jī to snipe (shoot from hiding) syn 击毙 擊斃 jī bì to kill / to shoot dead 激增 jī zēng to increase rapidly / to shoot up syn 击落 擊落 jī luò to shoot down (a plane) 拍片 pāi piàn to shoot a film / to have a medical imaging procedure 射箭 shè jiàn archery / to shoot an arrow 枪毙 槍斃 qiāng bì to execute by firing squad / to shoot dead / fig. to discard / to get rid of syn 萌发 萌發 méng fā to sprout / to shoot / to bud syn 枪杀 槍殺 qiāng shā to shoot dead 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly syn 射杀 射殺 shè shā to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) 喷火 噴火 pēn huǒ to shoot flames / to erupt (of volcanoes) / flaming (of flowers) 枪击 槍擊 qiāng jī to shoot with a gun / shooting incident syn 竹笋 竹筍 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot syn 饶舌 饒舌 ráo shé talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music) syn 弹射 彈射 tán shè to catapult / to launch / to eject (from a plane) / to shoot syn 爆头 爆頭 bào tóu (neologism) (slang) (often used in video gaming) to shoot sb in the head / headshot 百发百中 百發百中 bǎi fā bǎi zhòng lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits / to carry out a task with great precision / to shoot with unfailing accuracy / be a crack shot (idiom) syn 新芽 xīn yá new shoot / new sprout 格杀勿论 格殺勿論 gé shā wù lùn shoot to kill 蒜苗 suàn miáo garlic shoot / garlic sprouts syn 左右开弓 左右開弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football) syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 百步穿杨 百步穿楊 bǎi bù chuān yáng to shoot with great precision (idiom) syn 摄象 攝象 shè xiàng shoot pictures / make a video recording 弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn 射 shè to shoot / to launch / to allude to / radio- (chemistry) syn 芽苗 yá miáo a shoot / a sprout / a seedling 瞥 piē to shoot a glance / glance / to appear in a flash syn 笋 筍 sǔn bamboo shoot 弋 yì to shoot 蘖 櫱 niè new shoot growing from cut branch or stump syn 傻瓜相机 傻瓜相機 shǎ guā xiàng jī point-and-shoot camera / compact camera 无的放矢 無的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ to shoot without aim (idiom) / fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark 瓮中捉鳖 甕中捉鱉 wèng zhōng zhuō biē to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom) / to set oneself an easy target / a turkey shoot syn 脱靶 脫靶 tuō bǎ to miss / to shoot and miss the target / off the mark 放空炮 fàng kōng pào (lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises syn 口无遮拦 口無遮攔 kǒu wú zhē lán to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / to commit a gaffe 多嘴多舌 duō zuǐ duō shé to gossip and meddle / to shoot one's mouth off / talkative 嫩苗 nèn miáo seedling / tender young shoot / sprout syn 对空射击 對空射擊 duì kōng shè jī anti-aircraft fire / to shoot at enemy planes 弹射出 彈射出 tán shè chū to catapult / to shoot 怒颜相报 怒顏相報 nù yán xiāng bào to shoot a vengeful look at sb (idiom) 打鸟 打鳥 dǎ niǎo to shoot a bird (with a gun, slingshot etc) / to photograph birds 抛射 拋射 pāo shè to throw / to shoot 搬石头砸自己的脚 搬石頭砸自己的腳 bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo to move a stone and stub one's toe / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom) 搬砖砸脚 搬磚砸腳 bān zhuān zá jiǎo to hurt oneself by one's own doing / to boomerang / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom) 击坠 擊墜 jī zhuì to shoot down 放枪 放槍 fàng qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun 桶里射鱼 桶裡射魚 tǒng lǐ shè yú to shoot fish in a barrel / to attempt sth too easy 枪崩 槍崩 qiāng bēng to shoot 筹拍 籌拍 chóu pāi to prepare to film / to plan a shoot 胚芽鞘 pēi yá qiào coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany) 沿一条侧线爆炸勘探 沿一條側線爆炸勘探 shoot (to -) a seismic line / line shooting 擦枪走火 擦槍走火 cā qiāng zǒu huǒ to shoot accidentally while polishing a gun / (fig.) a minor incident that sparks a war 窜升 竄升 cuàn shēng to rise rapidly / to shoot up 蹿升 躥升 cuān shēng to rise rapidly / to shoot up 放大炮 fàng dà pào to talk big / to shoot one's mouth off 瞄一眼 miáo yī yǎn to shoot a glance at 嘴炮 zuǐ pào (Internet slang) to mouth off / to shoot one's mouth off / sb who does that 卡片机 卡片機 kǎ piàn jī compact digital camera / point-and-shoot camera 百发百中 百發百中 bǎi fā - bǎi zhòng lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits (idiom) / fig. to shoot with unfailing accuracy / to hit the mark every time syn 笋尖 筍尖 sǔn jiān bamboo shoot tip 吹水 chuī shuǐ (coll.) to chat casually / to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese) 