录音带 (lù yīn dài) — audio tape; cassette tape

Definition

noun

audio tapecassette tape

Measure word · 盘

录音带。
Zhè pán lù yīn dài shì wǒ xiǎo shí hou lù de.
This cassette tape was recorded when I was a child.
录音带。
Tā zhèng zài bǎ lù yīn dài de nèi róng zhuǎn chéng shù zì gé shì.
He is converting the content of the audio tape into a digital format.
录音带。
Xiàn zài lù yīn dài yǐ jīng hěn shǎo yǒu rén yòng le.
Nowadays, very few people still use audio 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.

录音record sound

动宾Verb + object

录音 means record sound and 带 means tape, so it is a tape for recording sound.

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.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

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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