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a copy of a film / film; motion picture; movie / (Tw) video; video clip / CL:
HSK 2
video
HSK 5
video camera / CL:
HSK 5
new work (book, movie, video game etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *剪* | 剪* | *剪
(bound form) scissors or similar tool / to cut as with scissors / (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate / to edit (video, audio etc)
HSK 5
short film / video clip
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *肝* | 肝* | *肝
liver (CL:葉|叶) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy
HSK 6
(coll.) Bilibili, Chinese video-sharing website featuring scrolled user comments 彈幕|弹幕 overlaid on the videos
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *MV* | MV* | *MV
desirability as a partner (abbr. for "mate value") / music video
video game console
Youku, Chinese video hosting platform
video game machine / video game console
HSK 6
(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) / battle royale game / last-man-standing game / to play PUBG (or similar game) / to win at PUBG (or similar game)
to videotape / to videorecord / video recording / CL: 盤|盘
HSK 6
(Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet) / pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3] / (loanword from Japanese うp, "upunushi")
video program
League of Legends (video game)
FPV drone; drone piloted through a live video feed
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *VCR* | VCR* | *VCR
video clip (loanword from "videocassette recorder")
to edit a film or video
audio and video / audiovisual
HSK 6
Grand Theft Auto (video game series)
Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app
electric-powered / (Tw) video game
HSK 6
barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre)
to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc) / edited version
computer and video games
live photo; motion photo (a still photo with a few seconds of video captured before and after the photo is taken)
(of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse / Taiwan pr. [dao4zhuan3]
(computing) graphics card; video card
(video gaming) (of an entire team or party) to get wiped out
(Tw) (of music, video etc) to be streamed; (as a noun or attributive) streaming
StarCraft (video game series)
Final Fantasy (video game)
Pokémon or Pocket Monsters, popular Japanese video game, anime and manga
Grand Theft Auto (video game series)
to record (video or audio)
HSK 7-9
Skynet (nationwide video surveillance system in China)
screen adaptation (TV series or movie based on an online novel or video game etc)
CapCut, a short-form video editing app developed by ByteDance 字節跳動|字节跳动
to appear together in a photo or video clip
to archive; to place on file / saved data (for a video game etc)
pixelated or censored (of video)
otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games / see also 宅男 / see also 宅女
Rockman or Mega Man (video game series)
iQiyi, online video platform based in Beijing, launched in 2010
video conference
Minecraft (video game)
to try out a restaurant and film a video to share on the Internet
Tetris (video game)
Castlevania (video game series)
short play; sketch; skit / (neologism, attested by 2020) short-form video drama (esp. episodic videos made for mobile platforms, typically less than 5 minutes per episode)
sound and video
Bilibili, Chinese video-sharing website featuring scrolled user comments 彈幕|弹幕 overlaid on the videos
to take a picture or video of oneself; to take a selfie / a selfie
short video; video clip
to synchronize (a video etc) to the beat of a piece of music
(Tw) to play video games
Diablo (video game series)
deck of cards (in a trading card game) / (ACG) pool; banner (collection of in-game items players draw from in a gacha video game)
(Japanese-style) sandbox (video gaming) / sandplay (therapy)
to replay (a video game)
MaxSun, PRC company specializing in video and computer display
to inspect videos and other media for pornographic content
spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
(Tw) videotape; video cassette / CL: 盤|盘
Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game)
StarCraft (video game series) (Tw)
(neologism) (slang) (often used in video gaming) to shoot sb in the head / headshot
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc
(slang) entertaining content such as Internet videos and TV shows that people watch while eating
video gaming (as a sport) / e-sports (abbr. to 電競|电竞)
citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)
(video games) to break through an opponent's defenses / (slang) to break through sb's emotional defenses; to get to sb emotionally
rare book / cheat code (video games)
Street Fighter (video game series)
Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
(computing) to make a screen capture video; a screen video
video recorder / VCR
Tekken (video game)
video
video (HK)
video (Tw)
to record and play (audio, video)
poisoned person (food poisoning, drug overdose or toxic exposure) / (coll.) addict; junkie; enthusiast (video games, shopping etc)
belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata)
to place upside down / to play (a video) backwards
standard definition (TV or video image quality)
videotape; video cassette / CL: 盤|盘
sound and video
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摄* | 摄* | *摄
(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for
camcorder / video recorder / videocassette recorder (Tw) / CL: 臺|台
Quake (video game series)
(of a woman) to take out a loan with a lender who retains nude photos or videos of the borrower as collateral
Douyin, Chinese app for creating and sharing short videos, released in its international version as TikTok
(slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing a video game (rather than pay for power-ups)
video gaming (as a sport) / e-sports (abbr. for 電子競技|电子竞技)
"transparent kitchen" – a kitchen (in a restaurant, school cafeteria etc) in which food preparation processes are made visible to customers (by means of transparent glass, live video etc) to promote hygiene and ensure accountability in food safety practices
(Tw) (media) writing an article or creating a video favorable to a business in return for payment from the business (abbr. for 業務配合|业务配合)
optic disc (anatomy) / video compact disc (VCD)

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