长焦

長焦

chángjiāo

noun

Meanings

Pāi niǎo děi yòng chángjiāo jìngtóu.

You need a telephoto lens to photograph birds.

Zhè kuǎn shǒujī zhīchí shí bèi chángjiāo.

This phone supports 10x telephoto zoom.

Chángjiāo néng bǎ yuǎn chù de dōngxi lā de hěn jìn.

Telephoto can pull faraway subjects in very close.

usage

Short for 长焦距 (long focal length). Paired opposite: 广角 (wide angle). On smartphones, 长焦 usually refers to an optical zoom lens (2x/3x/5x/10x).

memory

长 (long) + 焦 (focus, from 焦距 'focal length') = long focal length. Helps to think of 焦 as short for 焦距.

长 cháng

焦 jiāo