Chinese word

磁卡

Pronunciation

Pinyincí kǎ

Meaning

  • nounmagnetic card

Example

我的磁卡放在桌子上了。wǒ de cí kǎ fàng zài zhuō zi shàng le

My magnetic card is on the table.

Illustration for 磁卡 (magnetic card)

More examples

他去银行办理了磁卡挂失。tā qù yín háng bàn lǐ le cí kǎ guà shī

He went to the bank to report his magnetic card as lost.

Core concept

A plastic card whose information is stored in a magnetic stripe for a machine to read.

Common phrases

  • 磁卡挂失cí kǎ guà shī

    report a lost magnetic card

  • 补办磁卡bǔ bàn cí kǎ

    have a magnetic card reissued

  • 磁卡消费记录cí kǎ xiāo fèi jì lù

    magnetic card spending records

Similar words

银行卡yín háng kǎ: A bank-linked card used to pay for things or withdraw money from an account.
IC卡IC kǎ: A card containing a chip that communicates with a terminal when inserted or held near it.
磁条卡cí tiáo kǎ: A card whose magnetic stripe stores information that a card reader can read.
公交卡gōng jiāo kǎ: A prepaid fare card for riding buses, subways, and other public transportation.

Definition in Chinese

用磁条记录信息、通过刷卡机或读卡器读取的塑料卡片，常用于消费结算或门禁识别。yòng cí tiáo jì lù xìn xī tōng guò shuā kǎ jī huò dú kǎ qì dú qǔ de sù liào kǎ piàn cháng yòng yú xiāo fèi jié suàn huò mén jìn shí bié

Word origin

磁卡 (cíkǎ, "magnetic card") combines 磁 (cí, "magnetism") + 卡 (kǎ, "card"), naming the card by the stripe that stores its readable information.

Usage tips

  • In conversations about older payment or access equipment, this term can signal a legacy system, while newer cards may serve the same purpose through a different technology.

Other meanings

  • magnetic stripe cardnoun

Opposites

  • 芯片卡xīn piàn kǎchip cardnoun

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