色带

色帶

sèdài

noun #34,372

Measure Word

一条色带 tiáo

Meanings

1 printer ribbon
2 ink ribbon (typewriter, dot-matrix, receipt printer)
3 colored ribbon / band

Characters

band / belt / ribbon

Examples

HSK 6

打印机的色带快用完了，需要更换。

Dǎyìnjī de sèdài kuài yòng wán le, xūyào gēnghuàn.

The printer ribbon is almost used up and needs to be replaced.

HSK 7-9

这台老式打字机还在用色带。

Zhè tái lǎoshì dǎzìjī hái zài yòng sèdài.

This old typewriter still uses an ink ribbon.

Tips

usage

色带 most commonly refers to the inked cloth/film ribbons used in dot-matrix printers, label printers, fiscal cash registers, and old typewriters - still standard equipment in Chinese banks, hospitals, and tax offices for printing 发票 (invoices). It can also literally mean 'colored band/ribbon' in non-printing contexts.

memory

色 'color/ink' + 带 'band/strip' - the colored strip that carries the ink.

Stroke Order

色 sè

带 dài