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卡式

Mandarin · pinyin kǎ shì

(of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette")
designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式 chā kǎ shì) (loanword from "card")

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卡: kǎ · card, punch card; calorie
式: shì · style, system, formula, rule

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3–4 · ka3 shi4

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(attributive) cassette (tape)

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