"time-lapse photography" Chinese-English Dictionary

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to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn
next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn
时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn
多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time
时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn
时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn
期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn
摄影 攝影 shè yǐng to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie) syn
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
时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time / can do it in time / can still make it syn
计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time
失误 失誤 shī wù lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) syn
长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn
时不时 時不時 shí bù shí from time to time syn
期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time syn
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn
工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn
特写 特寫 tè xiě feature article / close-up (filmmaking, photography etc)
时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn
视角 視角 shì jiǎo angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view syn
不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn
时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn
车程 車程 chē chéng travel time / expected time for a car journey
一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn
闪光灯 閃光燈 shǎn guāng dēng flash bulb (photography)
冲洗 沖洗 chōng xǐ to rinse / to wash / (photography) to develop (film) syn
时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag
届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled time syn
定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
幻灯片 幻燈片 huàn dēng piàn slide (photography, presentation software) / filmstrip / transparency
欠缺 qiàn quē to be deficient in / lapse / deficiency syn
毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
快照 kuài zhào (photography) snapshot / (computing) snapshot / cached copy
时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time syn
自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study syn
反反复复 反反復復 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly / time and time again syn
截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn
历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn
远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot
限期 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline syn
久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn
耗时 耗時 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
乘虚而入 乘虛而入 chéng xū ér rù to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom) / to take advantage of a lapse
双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn
时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
久而久之 jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time syn
首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn
天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn
影展 yǐng zhǎn film festival / photography exhibition
消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time syn
蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn
负片 負片 fù piàn negative (in photography)
盛极一时 盛極一時 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time syn
交货期 交貨期 jiāo huò qī delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery) / date of delivery
曝光 bào guāng to expose (photography) / (fig.) to expose (a scandal) / (advertising) exposure / Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1] syn
北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST)
变焦 變焦 biàn jiāo (photography) zoom / (optics) to adjust the focus
滤镜 濾鏡 lǜ jìng (photography) filter
回回 huí huí time and again / every time
光晕 光暈 guāng yùn halo / (photography) halation
空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time / for the first time syn
扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status
色友 sè yǒu photography enthusiast / friend with benefits
死期 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
时点 時點 shí diǎn point of time (in time-based systems)
退保 tuì bǎo to lapse (or terminate) an insurance
到点 到點 dào diǎn it's time (to do sth) / the time has come syn
光阴似箭 光陰似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom) / How time flies! syn
天时地利人和 天時地利人和 tiān shí dì lì rén hé the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom) / a good time to go to war
航拍 háng pāi aerial photography (video or still)
瞿秋白 qū qiū bái Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March
底版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block syn
上回 shàng huí last time / the previous time
度日如年 dù rì rú nián a day drags past like a year (idiom) / time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched syn
费时 費時 fèi shí to take time / time-consuming syn
赶得及 趕得及 gǎn dé jí there is still time (to do sth) / to be able to do sth in time / to be able to make it syn
空儿 空兒 kòng r spare time / free time syn
摄影术 攝影術 shè yǐng shù photography
lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
dào to reach / to arrive / to leave for / to go to / to (a place) / until (a time) / up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate / thoughtful / thorough syn
guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn
diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn
zài again / once more / re- / further / beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4ze2], 再就是[zai4jiu4shi4] etc) / (literary) to reappear / to reoccur syn
děng to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) syn
dāng to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at syn
今天 jīn tiān today / the present time / now syn
shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn
zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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