录像带 (lù xiàng dài) — videocassette, videotape | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

videocassettevideotape

Measure word · 盘

Examples

录像带。
Wǒ hái yǒu jǐ hé lǎo lù xiàng dài.
I still have a few old videocassettes.
录像带。
Zhè xiē lù xiàng dài yǐ jīng guò shí le.
These videotapes are already outdated.
录像带。
Tā bǎ zhòng yào de shì qing lù zài lù xiàng dài shàng.
He recorded important things on videotape.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

录像record images

录lùrecord像xiàngimage

动宾Verb + object

录像, recording images, specifies the kind of 带, tape.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 錄; 录 is its simplified writing.

金彔錄

Meaning part形符xíngfú

金金jīnmetal

Sound part声符shēngfú

彔

彔lù錄lù

Same sound today

The traditional form 錄 combines 金 (metal) with 彔, which gives the sound; the simplified 录 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻象像

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

象

Same sound today

像 uses 亻, the side form of 人 (person), with 象 giving the sound.

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.

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