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可以帮我拍张照吗?

Could you take a photo for me?
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Practice path

Make this line survive without the page.

Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.

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Scene

When to use it

Politely asking someone to take a photo of you while traveling or at an event.

Risk

safe

Do not ask someone who looks busy, working, or uncomfortable. Offer thanks immediately.

Literal

Can help me take one photo?

帮我 plus a verb is a powerful polite request pattern.

Examples

Say it inside real sentences.

Run the 4-step recall
01 Sorry, could you take a photo for me?
02 Could you take a photo for us?

Mini dialogue

Hear the social move.

Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.

A Do you need help?
B Could you take a photo for me?

Contrast

Do not blur these together.

01 take photos
02 take one photo

Recall prompts

Check whether it survived.

01 · What does 可以帮我拍张照吗? mean?

Answer: Could you take a photo for me?

帮我 plus a verb is a powerful polite request pattern.

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02 · Fill the pinyin for 可以帮我拍张照吗?

Answer: kě yǐ bāng wǒ pāi zhāng zhào ma?

张 is the measure word often used for photos.

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03 · Which line asks someone to take a photo for you?

Answer: 可以帮我拍张照吗?

帮我 means help me; 拍张照 means take one photo.

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