影印

yǐngyìn

verb #19,879

Meanings

1 to photocopy
2 to reproduce photographically

Characters

shadow; image; photograph

to print; to stamp

Examples

请帮我影印三份这份文件。

Qǐng bāng wǒ yǐngyìn sān fèn zhè fèn wénjiàn.

Please make three photocopies of this document for me.

这本书是影印版。

Zhè běn shū shì yǐngyìnbǎn.

This book is a photographic reproduction.

Tips

usage

影印 is more common in Taiwan and formal mainland Chinese. In everyday mainland speech, 复印 (fùyìn) is the standard word for photocopying.

Stroke Order

影 yǐng

印 yìn