HSK 5 · Objects

光盘 guāngpán “compact disc (CD)” in Chinese

Traditional 光盤

What 光盘 means

  1. compact disc (CD)
  2. DVD
  3. CD-ROM

Measure word 片 piàn or 张 zhāng · 一片光盘 yí piàn guāngpán

How to say 光盘

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale光guāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale盘pán2nd tone, rising

光盘 in a sentence

  1. 我的父母准备买一个新的光盘。

    Wǒ de fùmǔ zhǔnbèi mǎi yí ge xīn de guāngpán.

    My parents are going to buy a new CD.

    Sentence #4262389 from Tatoeba

How 光盘 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 光 (guāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
光guānglight; ray
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 兀weak · wù
The character 盘 (pán) with each of its parts in a different colour
盘pántray; plate; dish
  • 舟boat · zhōu
  • 皿dish · mǐnMeaning part

皿 hints at the meaning (dish); 般 (bān) hints at the sound. Compare it with pán.

How to write 光盘

光 6 strokes · 盘 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

光盘 (guāngpán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 光盘 (guāngpán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 光盘

Words with 光

光guāng · light阳光yángguāng · sunshine光临guānglín · (formal) to honour with one’s presence光滑guānghuá · glossy光明guāngmíng · bright时光shíguāng · time目光mùguāng · gaze曝光bàoguāng · to expose (to the public)观光guānguāng · to go sightseeing风光fēngguāng · scenery

Words with 盘

盘子pánzi · plate键盘jiànpán · keyboard盘旋pánxuán · to circle

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FAQs

光盘 (guāngpán) means “compact disc (CD)” or “DVD”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guāngpán: guāng with a 1st tone, then pán with a 2nd 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, 光盘 is written 光盤. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 片 (piàn) or 张 (zhāng). For example, one compact disc (CD) is 一片光盘 (yí piàn guāngpán).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guangpan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 光盘 from the suggestions. Typing guangpan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
光盘 is an HSK 5 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.