摆pose (bǎipose): to pose (for a photo)

Meanings

1 to pose (for a photo)
2 to strike a pose

Characters

摆

bǎi

arrange, place, strike (a pose)

pose

pose (English loanword)

Examples

拍照的时候她很会摆pose。

Pāizhào de shíhou tā hěn huì bǎi pose.

She's really good at posing for photos.

我不知道该怎么摆pose。

Wǒ bù zhīdào gāi zěnme bǎi pose.

I don't know how I should pose.

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Code-mixed 中英混用 slang, very common on 小红书 (Xiaohongshu/RedNote) and in everyday speech among young urban Chinese. A fully Chinese alternative is 摆姿势. The English "pose" is said roughly /pəʊz/ — most speakers don't Mandarin-ize the pronunciation.