自拍

Chinese edit

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)
simp. and trad. (自拍)		自	拍

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìpāi

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄆㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ paak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìpāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄆㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhpai
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-pʻai¹
  - Yale: dz̀-pāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhpai
  - Palladius: цзыпай (czypaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ paak³
  - Yale: jih paak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ paak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ pag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² pʰaːk̚³/

Verb edit

自拍

to take a selfie

Noun edit

自拍

selfie (Classifier: 張／张 m c)
- 春春看世界盃，玉米忙著看春春，一晚連發四張自拍，令歌迷們驚喜不已。 [MSC, trad.]
  春春看世界杯，玉米忙着看春春，一晚连发四张自拍，令歌迷们惊喜不已。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2014 July, 李宇春的世界杯“三步曲”, in 《LEE周刊》, issue 25
  Chūnchūn kàn Shìjièbēi, Yùmǐ mángzhe kàn Chūnchūn, yīwǎn lián fā sì zhāng zìpāi, lìng gēmímen jīngxǐ bùyǐ. [Pinyin]
  Chris is watching the World Cup, and Yumi is busy looking at Chris. Chris posted four selfies in one evening, pleasantly surprising her fans.
- 有天看到同學的自拍，臭臉配上多層次的穿搭有種說不出的厭世感，彷彿訴說著多層次穿搭的背後，也有說不出的煩惱。 [MSC, trad.]
  有天看到同学的自拍，臭脸配上多层次的穿搭有种说不出的厌世感，仿佛诉说著多层次穿搭的背后，也有说不出的烦恼。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2019, Lai Hung Wen's Portfolio, page 14
  Yǒu tiān kàndào tóngxué de zìpāi, chòu liǎn pèi shàng duō céngcì de chuāndā yǒu zhǒng shuōbùchū de yànshìgǎn, pángfó sùshuō zhù duō céngcì chuāndā de bèihòu, yě yǒu shuōbùchū de fánnǎo. [Pinyin]
  One day, I saw my classmate's selfie. His long face, together with his multilayered outfit, gives an inexpressible sense of misanthropy, as if he's telling us that behind the multilayered outfit is inexpressible worry.
- 長桌前，職工們排著隊，將一張張大紅福貼輕輕拿起，等待筆墨跡乾的同時，拿起手機和「福」字來一張自拍。 [MSC, trad.]
  长桌前，职工们排着队，将一张张大红福贴轻轻拿起，等待笔墨迹干的同时，拿起手机和「福」字来一张自拍。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2020 January 14, 刘友婷 [Liu Youting], “家宴”上的年味, in 《工人日报》 [Workers' Daily]
  Cháng zhuō qián, zhígōngmen páizhe duì, jiāng yī zhāngzhāng dà hóng fú tiē qīngqīng náqǐ, děngdài bǐmò jì qián de tóngshí, náqǐ shǒujī hé “fú” zì lái yī zhāng zìpāi. [Pinyin]
  In front of the long table, the staff lined up, gently lifting up big red sheets of fu one by one. While waiting for the ink to dry, they took their phones to take a selfie with the character fu.

Synonyms edit

自拍照 (zìpāizhào)

Derived terms edit

自拍利器 (zìpāi lìqì)
自拍杆 (zìpāigān)
自拍棒 (zìpāibàng)
自拍棍 (zìpāigùn)
自拍照 (zìpāizhào)
自拍神器 (zìpāi shénqì)