帶

帶 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大心月中月 (KPBLB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿳⿻廿儿冖巾(GJKV) or ⿳⿻廿⿰丿㇄冖巾(HT))

• 僀, 㗣, 墆, 嵽, 㦅, 摕, 滯, 遰, 㯂, 殢, 䐭, 艜, 螮, 蹛, 慸, 䠠, 蔕, 廗, 㿃

• 帯 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 带 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 333, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8950
• Dae Jaweon: page 639, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 742, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5E36

Historical forms of the character 帶
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-daːj (“waist; belt; zone; flat expanse”). Cognate with Tibetan སྡེ (sde, “part; portion; district”) and Proto-Lolo-Burmese *N-day³ (“level expanse; plain”). Also compare the phonologically similar Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-taj (“naval; abdomen; center; self”).

The internet slang usage in lieu of 大 is a written rendering of internet streamer Sun Xiaochuan's Sichuan-influenced Standard Mandarin (四川普通话) accent.

帶

1. belt; ribbon; tape (Classifier: 條／条 c)

   鞋帶／鞋带  ―  xiédài  ―  shoelace

   輸送帶／输送带   ―  syu¹ sung³ daai^3-2   ―  conveyor belt

2. tyre

   車帶／车带  ―  chēdài  ―  tyre

3. zone; area; belt

   熱帶／热带  ―  rèdài  ―  torrid zone; the tropics

4. cassette (Classifier: 餅／饼 c)

   錄影帶／录影带  ―  lùyǐngdài  ―  video cassette

   聽帶／听带   ―  teng¹ daai^3-2   ―  listen to a(n audio) cassette

   睇帶／睇带   ―  tai² daai^3-2   ―  watch a (video) cassette

5. leucorrhoea
6. to take; to bring along; to carry

   下雨了，你帶傘了嗎？
   下雨了，你带伞了吗？

   Xiàyǔ le, nǐ dài sǎn le ma?

   It's raining. Did you bring an umbrella?

   帶埋樽酒／带埋樽酒   ―  daai³ maai⁴ zeon¹ zau²   ―  bring along a bottle of alcohol

   佢哋話帶嘅。
   佢哋话带嘅。

   keoi⁵ dei⁶ waa⁶ daai³ ge².

   They said to bring it.

7. to do something incidentally
   • c. 1980s – 1992, 单田芳, 11:11 from the start, in 三侠五义（评书）, 180 episodes edition, episode 10:

     二次回到屋里。 赶紧把房门带上。
     二次回到屋裡。 趕緊把房門帶上。

     èr cì huí dào wūr lǐ. Gǎnjǐn bǎ fángmén dài shang.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

8. to lead; to head

   帶路／带路  ―  dàilù  ―  to lead the way

   帶我到這裡來／带我到这里来  ―  dài wǒ dào zhèlǐ lái  ―  bring me here

   • 利用網絡資料自主學習、通過偽聲群進行同好交流、請「大佬」帶。
     利用网络资料自主学习、通过伪声群进行同好交流、请「大佬」带。

     From: 2019, 江舒晨 (Jiang Shuchen), 《彩虹般的声音：中国伪声亚文化初探》 (thesis), Xiamen: Xiamen University, page 29

     Lìyòng wǎngluò zīliào zìzhǔ xuéxí, tōngguò wěishēngqún jìnxíng tónghào jiāoliú, qǐng “dàlǎo” dài.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

9. to bear; to have

   面帶笑容／面带笑容  ―  miàn dài xiàoróng  ―  with a smile on one’s face

10. to have something attached

    帶皮羊肉／带皮羊肉  ―  dài pí yángròu  ―  mutton with skin

    連說帶笑／连说带笑  ―  lián shuō dài xiào  ―  to talk and laugh

11. to contain; to carry

    苦中帶甜／苦中带甜  ―  kǔ zhōng dài tián  ―  bitter but sweet

    帶侮辱性的詞彙／带侮辱性的词汇  ―  dài wǔrǔ xìng de cíhuì  ―  insulting vocabulary

12. to drive; to spur on
13. to look after; to bring up

    該不該讓老人帶孩子？
    该不该让老人带孩子？

    Gāi bù gāi ràng lǎorén dài háizi?

    Should one let one's parents look after one's children?

14. (Hokkien) to worry about; to care for
15. (Hokkien) to involve in trouble; to implicate
16. (Mainland China Internet slang) Pronunciation spelling of 大.

    帶英／带英  ―  dài Yīng  ―  (Internet slang, sarcastic) British empire

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 塊 tè?”)

帶

1. (Hokkien, Hainanese) place
2. (Hainanese) where

帶

1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 紮 / 扎 (chah, “to carry; to bring along”)
   • 2014, 許明傑, “秋天的雨”‎performed by 許富凱 :

     帶著燒熱的思慕　打扮好勢的笑容　迎接甲己永遠的幸福
     带着烧热的思慕　打扮好势的笑容　迎接甲己永远的幸福

     chah-tio̍h sio-lia̍t ê su-bō͘, táⁿ-pān hó-sè ê chhiò-iông, gêng-chiap ka-tī éng-oán ê hēng-hok

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “帶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “带”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 168.
• 周存 , editor (2023), “带”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 , →ISBN, page 127.

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 帯)

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• Go-on: たい (tai)
• Kan-on: たい (tai)
• Kun: おび (obi, 帶)、おびる (obiru, 帶びる)

帶 (eumhun 띠 대 (tti dae))

1. hanja form^? of 대 (“belt; ribbon; tape”)

• 정조대 (貞操帶, jeongjodae, “chastity belt”)
• 휴대 (携帶, hyudae, “carry”)

帶: Hán Nôm readings: đái, đới, đai

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