卡带 (kǎ dài) — cassette tape | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cassette tape

Measure word · 盒

卡带。
Wǒ xiǎo de shí hou cháng tīng kǎ dài.
When I was little, I often listened to cassette tapes.
卡带。
Zhè hé kǎ dài shì wǒ de zuì ài.
This cassette tape is my favorite.
卡带。
Xiàn zài hěn nán mǎi dào xīn de kǎ dài le.
Now it's hard to buy new cassette tapes.

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.

卡kǎcassette

The 带 is a tape, and 卡 represents cassette.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

卡 is made from 上 (up) and 下 (down), with their horizontal lines fused, showing something squeezed between above and below.

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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