光猫

光貓
guāngmāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 optical modem
  2. 2 optical network terminal (ONT)
  3. 3 fiber modem

Examples

Guāngmāo de dēng yīzhí shǎn hóng, kěnéng shì guāngxiān duàn le.
The light on the optical modem keeps flashing red — the fiber may be cut.
Yùnyíngshāng miǎnfèi gěi zhuāng le guāngmāo hé lùyóuqì.
The ISP installed an optical modem and a router for free.

Tips

memory
'cat' is the Chinese borrowing of English 'modem' — early dial-up modems were called (homophone-style), and that name carried over to fiber: 'light/optical' + 'modem' = 'optical modem'.

Stroke Order

guāng
māo