带子 (dài zi) — belt; ribbon; band; (colloquial) videotape; tape

Definition

A concrete noun for a long, narrow strip of material (belt, ribbon, tape). In colloquial speech it also refers to a cassette or videotape.

noun

beltribbonband(colloquial) videotapetape

Measure word · 条

带子，。
Tā xì le yì tiáo hóng sè de dài zi, hěn xiǎn yāo shēn.
She tied a red belt that really showed off her waist.
带子。
Zhè pán dài zi lù de shì qù nián de chūn jié wǎn huì.
This videotape has last year's Spring Festival Gala recorded on it.
带子。
Qǐng bǎ nà juàn dài zi fàng zài lù yīn jī páng biān.
Please put that cassette tape next to the tape recorder.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

带dàistrap; band; tape

带 means a strap, band, or tape, and 子 makes the familiar word 带子.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.

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