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帶子

简带子 · 繁帶子

Mandarin · pinyin dài zi

belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle
(coll.) audio or video tape
Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri)
comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata)

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帶: Look up this written character
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
带: dài · belt, girdle, band, strap, zone

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4–5 · dai4 zi5

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daai3 zi2

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noun

(Mandarin) band; ribbon; tape; belt; girdle (Classifier: 條／条 m)
(Mandarin, colloquial) tape (videotape or audiotape)
common name of certain kinds of bivalve belonging to Pectinidae or Pinnidae, either a scallop or pen shell (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 粒 c)

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