Chinese symbol for “videotape”
录像
lù xiàng
Traditional: 錄像
to videotape; to videorecord; video recording; 盘 (pán)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for videotape is 录像 (lù xiàng), defined as: to videotape; to videorecord; video recording; 盘 (pán).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “videotape”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 录影 (錄影) | lù yǐng | to videotape; to videorecord |
| 摄像 (攝像) | shè xiàng | to videotape |
| 录像带 (錄像帶) | lù xiàng dài | videotape; video cassette; 盘 (pán) |
| 录影带 (錄影帶) | lù yǐng dài | (Tw) videotape; video cassette; 盘 (pán) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 录像.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 记录 (記錄) | jì lù | to record; record (esp. a written account) |
| 纪录 (紀錄) | jì lù | variant of 记录 (jì lù); (Note: In mainland China, 纪录 is preferred for the sense "record (e.g. in sports)". In Taiwan, 紀錄 is generally preferr |
| 目录 (目錄) | mù lù | catalog; table of contents |
| 录音 (錄音) | lù yīn | to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn)) |
| 纪录片 (紀錄片) | jì lù piàn | newsreel; documentary (film or TV program) |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 图像 (圖像) | tú xiàng | image; picture; graphic |
| 偶像 | ǒu xiàng | idol |
See also: Japanese symbol for “videotape”.
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.