色带 (sè dài) — typewriter ribbon; printer ribbon, ink ribbon

Definition

noun

typewriter ribbonprinter ribbonink ribbon

Measure word · 条

色带，。
Zhè tái dǎ zì jī de sè dài yòng wán le, xū yào huàn yí gè xīn de.
This typewriter's ribbon has run out; I need to replace it with a new one.
色带。
Qǐng mǎi yì hé hēi sè de sè dài.
Please buy a box of black ink ribbons.
色带。
Jiù shì dǎ yìn jī shǐ yòng sè dài ér bú shì mò hé.
Old-style printers use ink ribbons instead of ink cartridges.

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.

色 (color) and 带 (band) combine to name an inked ribbon.

Characters in this word

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

色 pairs 爪 (a hand) with 卩 (a kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on the kneeling person.

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.