光盘

光盤

guāngpán

noun HSK 4 #20,013

Measure Word

一张光盘 zhāng

Meanings

1 CD
2 DVD
3 disc; optical disc

Characters

Literally 'light disc' — a disc that uses light (laser) to read data

Examples

你还有光盘吗？现在都用U盘了。

Nǐ hái yǒu guāngpán ma? Xiànzài dōu yòng U pán le.

Do you still have CDs? Now everyone uses USB drives.

这张光盘里有什么？

Zhè zhāng guāngpán lǐ yǒu shénme?

What's on this disc?

以前我们常常买光盘看电影。

Yǐqián wǒmen chángcháng mǎi guāngpán kàn diànyǐng.

We used to often buy DVDs to watch movies.

Tips

culture

光盘行动 (guāngpán xíngdòng, 'Clean Plate Campaign') is a Chinese initiative encouraging people to finish all food on their plates and reduce food waste. Here 光盘 is a pun — 'empty plate.'

Stroke Order

光 guāng

盘 pán