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demo

demo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 demo
  2. 2 rough recording
  3. 3 demonstration version

Examples

我先发个demo给你听听。
Wǒ xiān fā ge demo gěi nǐ tīngting.
I'll send you a demo first to listen to.
这首歌的demo比正式版还好听。
Zhè shǒu gē de demo bǐ zhèngshì bǎn hái hǎotīng.
The demo of this song sounds even better than the final version.
他在家里录了好多首demo。
Tā zài jiā lǐ lù le hǎo duō shǒu demo.
He recorded a bunch of demos at home.

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Young musicians and producers use the English word directly in everyday speech — even in otherwise all-Chinese sentences. A more formal translation would be 样带 (demo tape) or 小样, but nobody in a studio says that.