jing2 daai3影帶影带
Jyutpingjing2 daai3
Yaleyíng daai
Definition
Videotape or video cassette; an analog recording medium for playing and recording video and audio.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the physical magnetic tape format that was dominant before the digital era. While the term is still understood, it is increasingly rare in daily life as physical media has shifted to DVDs or streaming. It is often used nostalgically to describe old home movies or classic films stored on tape.
Measure word
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Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this to refer to modern digital video files or clips, which are usually called 影片 or 短片. Using this word for a digital file will make you sound like you are talking about technology from the 1990s.
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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.
