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卡

kǎ

HSK 3 Character Measure word 张、片

What 卡 means

1. to stop
2. to block
3. computingcolloquialslow
4. loanwordcard
5. truck (from "car")
6. calorie (abbr. for {卡路里|kǎ lù lǐ})
7. cassette

Other readings

卡 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qiǎto block; to be stuck; to be wedged

Example sentences

• 她是卡门。
  She's Carmen.
• 她是卡门吗？
  Tā shì Kǎmén ma?
  Is she Carmen?
• 我可以刷卡吗？
  Wǒ kěyǐ shuākǎ ma?
  Can I use a credit card?
• 我已经刷卡了。
  Wǒ yǐjīng shuā kǎ le.
  I already swiped the card.
• 小心！有卡车！
  Look out! There's a truck coming!
• 这拉炼卡卡的。
  This zipper doesn't zip smoothly.

Words starting with 卡

• 卡车kǎ chētruck
• 卡通kǎ tōngcartoon (loanword)
• 卡片kǎ piàncard
• 卡尔Kǎ ěr(name) Karl; Carl
• 卡特Kǎ tè(name) Carter; Jimmy Carter (1924–2024), US president 1977–1981
• 卡住kǎ zhùto jam; to choke; to clutch
• 卡夫卡Kǎ fū kǎFranz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer
• 卡塔尔Kǎ tǎ ěrQatar
• 卡路里kǎ lù lǐ(loanword) calorie
• 卡扎菲Kǎ zhā fēi(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
• 卡萨布兰卡Kǎ sà bù lán kǎCasablanca (Morocco's economic capital)
• 卡子qiǎ ziclip; hair fastener; checkpoint
• 卡壳qiǎ ké(of a bullet or shell) to jam; (fig.) to get stuck; to be held up; to reach an impasse
• 卡他kǎ tā(loanword; medicine) catarrh
• 卡位kǎ wèi(sports) to jockey for position; (basketball) to box out…
• 卡其kǎ qíkhaki (loanword)
• 卡司kǎ sī(Taiwan; loanword) cast (of a film, TV show etc)
• 卡带kǎ dàicassette tape
• 卡式kǎ shì(of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister…
• 卡拉kǎ lākaraoke; (Taiwan) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
• 卡方kǎ fāngchi-square (math.)
• 卡达Kǎ dáQatar (Tw)
• 卡关kǎ guānto be stuck; to feel stuck
• 卡点kǎ diǎnto synchronize (a video etc) to the beat of a piece of music

Words containing 卡

• 信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
• 奥斯卡Ào sī kǎ(film industry) Oscar (Academy Award); (name) Oscar
• 银行卡yín háng kǎbank card
• 贺卡hè kǎgreeting card; congratulation card
• 绿卡lǜ kǎpermanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
• 关卡guān qiǎcheckpoint (for taxation, security etc); (fig.) barrier; hurdle; red tape…
• 一卡通Yī kǎ tōngthe name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong…
• 斯里兰卡Sī lǐ lán kǎSri Lanka
• 磁卡cí kǎmagnetic card; IC Card (telephone)
• 阿卡Ā kǎAcre, city in Israel, also known as Akko
• 发卡fā kǎto issue a card; (slang) to reject a guy or a girl; to chuck
• 持卡人chí kǎ réncardholder
• 唐卡táng kǎthangka (Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting)
• 借记卡jiè jì kǎdebit card
• 外卡wài kǎ(sports) wild card (loanword)
• 大卡dà kǎkilocalorie; big truck
• 房卡fáng kǎroom card (in a hotel)
• 打卡dǎ kǎ(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out)…
• 网卡wǎng kǎnetwork adapter card (computing)
• 话卡huà kǎcalling card (telephone)
• 达卡Dá kǎDhaka, capital of Bangladesh; (Taiwan) Dakar, capital of Senegal
• 重卡zhòng kǎheavy truck (abbr. for 重型卡车)
• 门卡mén kǎkeycard
• 显卡xiǎn kǎ(computing) graphics card; video card

Characters that look like 卡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 予yǔ(literary) to give
• 币bìmoney; coins; currency
• 寺sìBuddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 伞sǎnumbrella; parasol

Sounds the same

Read kǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 咔(used as phonetic "ka")
• 鉲(chemistry) cadmium (old); (Taiwan) californium
• 胩carbylamine; isocyanide
• 佧ancient name for an ethnic group in China