碟片 (dié piàn) — disc (CD, DVD, or other optical storage medium)

Definition

noun
disc (CD, DVD, or other optical storage medium)
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 碟片
    Zhè zhāng dié piàn yǐ jīng huá shāng le, dú bù chū lái.
    This disc is already scratched and unreadable.
  • 碟片
    Tā bǎ suǒ yǒu diàn yǐng dōu kè lù zài dié piàn shàng.
    He burned all the movies onto discs.
  • 碟片
    Xiàn zài hěn shǎo rén mǎi dié piàn le, dà jiā dōu kàn zài xiàn shì pín.
    Now few people buy discs; everyone watches online videos.

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.

piànthin piece

碟 means disc and 片 means thin piece; together they refer to a disc-shaped storage medium.

Characters in this word

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