自拍
zì pāi
Pinyin

Definition

自拍
 - 
zì pāi
  1. to take a picture or video of oneself
  2. to take a selfie
  3. selfie

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
拍
pāi
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to clap
  3. 3 to slap
  4. 4 to swat
  5. 5 to take (a photo)
  6. 6 to shoot (a film)
  7. 7 racket (sports)
  8. 8 beat (music)
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
出自
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
各自
gè zì
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 respective
  3. 3 apiece
大自然
dà zì rán
  1. 1 nature (the natural world)
实拍
shí pāi
  1. 1 candid photograph
  2. 2 genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
抓拍
zhuā pāi
  1. 1 to capture (an image)
  2. 2 to snap (a photo)
拍出
pāi chū
  1. 1 to sell at auction
  2. 2 to reach a given price at auction
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拍摄
pāi shè
  1. 1 to film
  2. 2 to shoot (a picture)
拍案
pāi àn
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. 2 fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
拍照
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
独自
dú zì
  1. 1 alone
发自
fā zì
  1. 1 to evolve from
自主
zì zhǔ
  1. 1 independent
  2. 2 to act for oneself
  3. 3 autonomous
自信
zì xìn
  1. 1 to have confidence in oneself
  2. 2 self-confidence
自个儿
zì gě r5
  1. 1 (dialect) oneself
  2. 2 by oneself

Idioms (20)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
  1. 1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
功到自然成
gōng dào zì rán chéng
  1. 1 effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
吉人自有天相
jí rén zì yǒu tiān xiàng
  1. 1 Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist with his own petard
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
  1. 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
  2. 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions
唾面自干
tuò miàn zì gān
  1. 1 to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
  2. 2 to drain the cup of humiliation
善自为谋
shàn zì wéi móu
  1. 1 to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)

Sample Sentences

好主意！那，除了形形色色的微商还有各种各样秀自拍的，都希望趁机成为“网红”。
hǎo zhǔyi ！nà ，chúle xíngxíngsèsè de wēishāng háiyǒu gèzhǒnggèyàng xiù zìpāi de ，dōu xīwàng chènjī chéngwéi “wǎnghóng ”。
Good idea! As well as all kinds of WeChat merchants there are also all sorts of people showing off their selfies, taking the opportunity to get famous online.
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嗯...对了，如果觉得肩膀很沉重的时候，千万不要自拍哦，小心肩膀上有“人”与你合影。
ng4 ...duì le ，rúguǒ juéde jiānbǎng hěn chénzhòng de shíhou ，qiānwàn bù yào zìpāi ò ，xiǎoxīn jiānbǎng shàng yǒu “rén ”yǔ nǐ héyǐng 。
Hm... oh yes, if you feel like there is something heavy on your shoulder, you definitely shouldn't take a selfie, as if you're not careful there may be a "person" on your shoulder in the picture with you.
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不用，我们自拍。来，一二三。
bùyòng ，wǒmen zìpāi 。lái ，yī èr sān 。
No need. We'll take a selfie. Here we go. One, two, three!
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糟了，我的空间里保存着很多自拍照。
zāo le ，wǒ de kōngjiān lǐ bǎocún zhe hěn duō zìpāizhào 。
Oh crap. I have tons of pictures of myself saved on my space.
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这个对我没吸引力，我最讨厌自拍了。你觉得三星的怎么样？
zhè ge duì wǒ méi xīyǐnlì ，wǒ zuì tǎoyàn zìpāi le 。nǐ juéde Sānxīng de zěnmeyàng ？
That doesn't appeal to me; I really hate taking pictures of myself. What do you think about Samsungs?
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