Chinese word

磁带

Pronunciation

Pinyincí dài

Meaning

  • nouncassette tape

Example

我发现了一盒旧的磁带。wǒ fā xiàn le yì hé jiù de cí dài

I found a box of old cassette tapes.

Illustration for 磁带 (cassette tape)

More examples

我们把这些旧的磁带全部数字化保存了。wǒ men bǎ zhè xiē jiù de cí dài quán bù shù zì huà bǎo cún le

We digitized and saved all these old cassette tapes.

Core concept

A thin flexible strip that stores sound or other information in a magnetic coating, often inside a cassette.

Common phrases

  • 播放磁带bō fàng cí dài

    play a cassette tape

  • 翻录磁带fān lù cí dài

    copy a cassette tape

  • 保存磁带bǎo cún cí dài

    store a cassette tape

Similar words

录音带lù yīn dài: A magnetic tape used mainly for recording and playing sound.
卡带kǎ dài: A compact magnetic tape kept in a small plastic case for recording or playing sound.

Definition in Chinese

用磁性材料制成的带状记录媒体，常用于录音或保存声音，也可指装在盒子里的卡式磁带。yòng cí xìng cái liào zhì chéng de dài zhuàng jì lù méi tǐ cháng yòng yú lù yīn huò bǎo cún shēng yīn yě kě zhǐ zhuāng zài hé zi lǐ de kǎ shì cí dài

Word origin

磁 (cí, "magnetic") + 带 (dài, "strip or band") names a strip that records sound or data through magnetism.

Usage tips

  • Strong magnets can damage recordings on this medium, so old recordings are often stored away from speakers and other magnetic sources.

Other meanings

  • magnetic tapenoun
  • tapenoun

Related words

  • 磁带机cí dài jīcassette decknoun
  • 磁带盒cí dài hécassette casenoun

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