摄 (shè) means Assist (collect - absorb). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这里有 摄 像头在监视。
Zhèlǐ yǒu shèxiàngtóu zài jiānshì.
There are cameras monitoring here.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 监视
他买了一套 摄 影器材。
Tā mǎi le yí tào shèyǐng qìcái.
He bought a set of photographic equipment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 器材
水在一百 摄 氏度沸腾。
Shuǐ zài yìbǎi shèshìdù fèiténg.
Water boils at a hundred degrees Celsius.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摄氏度
这次 摄 影比赛他得了奖。
Zhè cì shè yǐng bǐsài tā dé le jiǎng.
He won a prize in this photography competition.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 摄影
今天的气温是二十五 摄 氏度。
Jīntiān de qìwēn shì èrshíwǔ shèshìdù.
Today's temperature is twenty-five degrees Celsius.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摄氏度
摄 影师捕捉到了最精彩的一瞬间。
Shèyǐngshī bǔzhuō dào le zuì jīngcǎi de yí shùnjiān.
The photographer captured the most brilliant instant.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 捕捉
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Words that contain 摄
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Questions about 摄
How is 摄 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 摄 (shè, "Assist (collect - absorb)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 摄 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 摄 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 摄?
The dictionary page for 摄 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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