照片 (zhàopiàn) means Photograph (photo - picture). Below are 13 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
From the graded readers
我拿着 照片 去问她。
wǒ názhe zhàopiàn qù wèn tā.
I took the photo to ask her about it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
照片 已经发黄了，边上还有一点破。
zhàopiàn yǐjīng fā huáng le / liǎo / liào, biān shàng háiyǒu yīdiǎn pò.
It had yellowed, and the edge was slightly torn.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
那天晚上，她一直把 照片 放在手边。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, tā yìzhí bǎ zhàopiàn fàng zài shǒu biān.
That evening she kept the photograph beside her.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我还买了几张 照片 ，把它们放在了墙上。
wǒ hái / huán mǎile jǐ / jī zhāng zhàopiàn, bǎ tāmen fàng zài le / liǎo / liào qiáng shàng.
I also bought a few photos and put them on the wall.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
照片 上的大衣是蓝色的，看起来很暖和。
zhàopiàn shàng de / dì dà yī / yì shì lánsè de / dì, kànqǐlái hěn nuǎnhuo.
The coat in the photo was blue and looked warm.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
我照了很多 照片 ，可是 照片 没有真的好看。
wǒ zhào le / liǎo / liào hěnduō zhàopiàn, kěshì zhàopiàn méiyǒu zhēnde hǎokàn.
I took a lot of photos, but none of them was as good as the real thing.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
照片 上有四个年轻人，站在一棵大树下面。
zhàopiàn shàng yǒu sì gè niánqīngrén, zhàn zài yī kē dàshù xiàmian.
There were four young people in it, standing under a big tree.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我又着急又难过，因为里面有很多重要的 照片 。
wǒ yòu zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó jí yòu nán'guò, yīnwèi lǐmiàn yǒu hěnduō zhòngyào de / dì zhàopiàn.
I was anxious and upset, because there were a lot of important photos on it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
最后我把它打开了，里面全是我上大学时的 照片 和信。
zuìhòu wǒ bǎ tā dǎkāile, lǐmiàn quán shì wǒ shàng dàxué shí de / dì zhàopiàn hé xìn.
In the end I opened it: inside were all my photographs and letters from university.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
整理旧东西的时候，我在一本书里发现了一张老 照片 。
zhěnglǐ jiù dōngxī de / dì shíhou, wǒ zài yī běnshū lǐ fāxiànle yī zhāng lǎo zhàopiàn.
While sorting out old things I found an old photograph inside a book.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
照片 背面写着一个日期和一个名字，可是那个名字她也想不起来了。
zhàopiàn bēi miàn xiězhe yīgè rìqī hé yīgè míngzi, kěshì nèigè míngzi tā yě xiǎng bù qǐlai le / liǎo / liào.
On the back was a date and a name, but even she couldn't place the name.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
Questions about 照片
How is 照片 used in a sentence?
This page shows 13 sentences using 照片 (zhàopiàn, "Photograph (photo - picture)"), 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.
Is 照片 an HSK word?
Yes — 照片 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
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The dictionary page for 照片 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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