Definition

1. Verb:
   • To photograph; to take a photograph: The act of capturing an image using a camera. This is the primary and most common meaning.

Usage

• The word nhiếp ảnh is a verb. It is used to describe the action of creating a photograph.
• It is often used in formal or artistic contexts, more so than the more common synonym chụp ảnh.
• It can function as a noun in compound phrases (see 'Variants and Related Words').

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy rất thích nhiếp ảnh. (He really likes to take photographs.)
  • Cô ấy đang học cách nhiếp ảnh chuyên nghiệp. (She is learning how to photograph professionally.)
  • Tôi muốn nhiếp ảnh cảnh hoàng hôn. (I want to photograph the sunset scene.)

Advanced Usage

• Nhiếp ảnh can be used in a nominalized form (as a gerund) to mean "the art or activity of photography," though this is typically part of a longer phrase.
  • Anh ấy đam mê nhiếp ảnh. (He is passionate about photography.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhà nhiếp ảnh (n): Photographer. A person whose profession or art is taking photographs.
  • Ông ấy là một nhà nhiếp ảnh nổi tiếng. (He is a famous photographer.)
• Nghệ thuật nhiếp ảnh (n): The art of photography.
  • Triển lãm này trưng bày nghệ thuật nhiếp ảnh đương đại. (This exhibition displays contemporary photographic art.)

Synonyms

• Chụp ảnh (v): To take a picture/photograph. This is a more common, everyday synonym.
• Chụp hình (v): To take a picture (similar to chụp ảnh).

Related Phrases / Compound Terms

• Nhiếp ảnh gia: Another term for photographer, equivalent to nhà nhiếp ảnh.
• Máy nhiếp ảnh: An older or more formal term for camera (more commonly máy ảnh).

verb

1. to photograph; to take a photograph
   • nhà nhiếp ảnh
     photographer