ci4 daai2磁帶磁带
Jyutpingci4 daai2
Yalechìh dáai
Definition
Magnetic tape, used for storing data or audio.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to analog magnetic recording media, often used for cassette tapes or older reel to reel systems. While technically correct, it sounds slightly formal or dated in modern daily life because digital storage has largely replaced it. You will hear it most often when discussing music collections from the eighties or nineties or older audio equipment.
Measure word
hap6盒haphExamples
What songs are recorded on this cassette tape?
I cannot find that magnetic tape anymore.
Related words
Common phrases
audio magnetic tape
Common mistake
Learners often confuse the measure word for tape. While 條 is used for the physical strip of tape, 盒 is the standard measure word for a cassette tape in its casing.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
