航拍

hángpāi

verb

Meanings

HSK 7-9

他用无人机航拍了整个城市。

Tā yòng wúrénjī hángpāi le zhěngge chéngshì.

He aerial-filmed the whole city with a drone.

HSK 7-9

这部纪录片有大量航拍镜头。

Zhè bù jìlùpiàn yǒu dàliàng hángpāi jìngtóu.

This documentary has a lot of aerial footage.

usage

Now most often associated with consumer drones (无人机). Used both as a verb ('to aerial-shoot') and a noun-modifier (航拍镜头, aerial shot).

memory

航 (aviation/航空) + 拍 (shoot/photograph) - flying-shot.

航 háng

拍 pāi