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20:15 Jan 31, 2002

English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
Music / music

English term or phrase: cd

thank you for the cd (music)

Sheila

Explanation:
For music CDs, it's quite common to say just "CD" in Taiwan.

Selected response from:

Li-chuan Yen
Taiwan
Local time: 04:18

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Chinexpert

Li-chuan Yen

光盘 or 光碟

Xiaoping Fu

Answers

1 hr confidence:

光盘 or 光碟

Explanation:
光盘(guang pan) used in mainland China.

光碟(gunag die) used in Taiwan.

Xiaoping Fu
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 8

5 hrs confidence:

Explanation:
For music CDs, it's quite common to say just "CD" in Taiwan.

Li-chuan Yen
Taiwan
Local time: 04:18
Native speaker of:

Chinese

6 hrs confidence:

CD 唱片

Explanation:
唱=chang4
片=pian1
CD 唱片 refers to CDs with music, not VCD or some other things.

Chinexpert
Australia
Local time: 06:18
Native speaker of:

Chinese

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