Chinese word

条形码

Pronunciation

Pinyintiáo xíng mǎ

Meaning

  • nounbarcode

Example

请把收据上的条形码扫一下。qǐng bǎ shōu jù shàng de tiáo xíng mǎ sǎo yí xià

Please scan the barcode on the receipt.

Illustration for 条形码 (barcode)

More examples

请把手机对准收据上的条形码试试看。qǐng bǎ shǒu jī duì zhǔn shōu jù shàng de tiáo xíng mǎ shì shì kàn

Please point your phone at the barcode on the receipt and give it a try.

Core concept

A machine-readable pattern of parallel bars that stands for an identifying number.

Common phrases

  • 收据上的条形码shōu jù shàng de tiáo xíng mǎ

    barcode on the receipt

  • 用手机扫条形码yòng shǒu jī sǎo tiáo xíng mǎ

    scan a barcode with a phone

  • 盒子上的条形码hé zi shàng de tiáo xíng mǎ

    barcode on the box

Similar words

条码tiáo mǎ: A bar-based code that lets a scanner recognize a product or other item.
二维码èr wéi mǎ: A square pattern of dots or blocks that a phone can scan to access stored information.
商品编码shāng pǐn biān mǎ: An identifying code assigned to a product to help manage inventory and sales.

Definition in Chinese

印在商品、票据或包装表面、由排列的黑白条纹表示的编码标识，便于扫描设备识别和检索相关信息yìn zài shāng pǐn piào jù huò bāo zhuāng biǎo miàn yóu pái liè de hēi bái tiáo wén biǎo shì de biān mǎ biāo shí biàn yú sǎo miáo shè bèi shí bié hé jián suǒ xiāng guān xìn xī

Word origin

条形码 (tiáoxíngmǎ, "barcode") combines 条形 (tiáoxíng, "strip-shaped") with 码 (mǎ, "code"), so its name describes a code made of bars.

Usage tips

  • In everyday shopping, the pattern usually identifies an item for a checkout system; it is not the price printed in the pattern itself.

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