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Chinese symbol for “soundtrack”

原声带
yuán shēng dài
Traditional: 原聲帶
original soundtrack (OST); soundtrack

The closest CC-CEDICT match for soundtrack is 原声带 (yuán shēng dài), defined as: original soundtrack (OST); soundtrack.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

原 yuán
source, origin, beginning
radical 27 ⼚ · 10 strokes
声 shēng
sound, noise; voice, tone, music
radical 33 ⼠ · 7 strokes
带 dài
belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear
radical 50 ⼱ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “soundtrack”

WordPinyinMeaning
背景音乐 (背景音樂)bèi jǐng yīn yuèbackground music (BGM); soundtrack
声带 (聲帶)shēng dàivocal cords; vocal folds

Related words

Other words that share a character with 原声带.

WordPinyinMeaning
原因yuán yīncause; origin
原来 (原來)yuán láioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first
原则 (原則)yuán zéprinciple; doctrine
原本yuán běnoriginally; the original; original copy; original version
原始yuán shǐfirst; original
原理yuán lǐprinciple; theory
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
声明 (聲明)shēng míngto state; to declare
带来 (帶來)dài láito bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce

See also: Japanese symbol for “soundtrack”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.