Sentence #796870 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 磁带 is built
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磁címagnetic
石stone · shíMeaning part
兹now · cíSound part
石 hints at the meaning (stone); 兹 (cí) hints at the sound. Compare it with cí.
带dàiband
卅thirty · sà
冖cover · mì
巾napkin · jīn
Memory aidDrawn from a belt with cloth 巾 hanging from it: a belt, to carry.
How to write 磁带
磁 14 strokes · 带 9 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 磁带 (cídài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
磁带 (cídài) means “cassette tape” or “magnetic tape”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cídài: cí with a 2nd tone, then dài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 磁带 is written 磁帶. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 盘 (pán) or 盒 (hé). For example, one cassette tape is 一盘磁带 (yì pán cídài).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cidai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 磁带 from the suggestions. Typing cidai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
磁带 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
磁cí2nd tone, rising
带dài4th tone, falling
