摄录

攝錄

shèlù

verb #34,413

Meanings

1 to film and record
2 to videotape; to record video

Characters

to capture (an image); to photograph

Examples

记者在现场摄录了整个过程。

Jìzhě zài xiànchǎng shèlùle zhěnggè guòchéng.

The reporter filmed the entire process on site.

请勿擅自摄录。

Qǐng wù shànzì shèlù.

Please do not record without permission.

Tips

usage

More common in Hong Kong and formal Mainland writing than in casual speech, where 录像 or 拍 are used. The compound captures both senses: 摄 (capture image, as in 摄影) + 录 (record sound/data, as in 录音).

Stroke Order

摄 shè

录 lù