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卡拉

kǎ lā

2-character word

What 卡拉 means

1. karaoke
2. Taiwan(of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried

Other readings

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

• Kǎ lāKara, city in northern Togo {多哥|Duō gē}; Cara, Karla etc (name)

The characters in 卡拉

• 卡kǎto stop; to block; (computing; colloquial) slow
• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag

Example sentences

• 我在安卡拉大学学习。
  I go to Ankara University.
• 卡拉OK对减轻压力有益。
  Kǎlā O K duì jiǎnqīng yālì yǒuyì.
  Karaoke is good for reducing stress.
• 卡拉 OK 是谁发明的？
  Who invented karaoke?
• 卡拉卡斯是委内瑞拉的首都。
  Caracas is the capital of Venezuela.
• 在安卡拉，所有季节都像冬天一样。
  Zài ānkǎlā, suǒyǒu jìjié dōu xiàng dōngtiān yīyàng.
  In Ankara, all the seasons are like winter.
• 我不知道为什么卡拉OK如此受欢迎。
  Wǒ bù zhīdào wèishénme kǎlā O K rúcǐ shòuhuānyíng.
  I wonder why karaoke is so popular.

Words starting with 卡拉

• 卡拉卡斯Kǎ lā kǎ sī(Taiwan) Caracas, capital of Venezuela
• 卡拉比拉Kǎ lā bǐ lāKarabilah (Iraqi city)
• 卡拉布里亚Kǎ lā bù lǐ yàCalabria, southernmost Italian province
• 卡拉奇Kǎ lā qíKarachi (Pakistan)
• 卡拉季奇Kǎ lā jì qíKaradžić (Serbian surname); Radovan Karadžić (1945–), former Bosnian Serb leader…
• 卡拉胶kǎ lā jiāocarageenan (chemistry)
• 卡拉OKkǎ lā O Kkaraoke (loanword)
• 卡拉什尼科夫Kǎ lā shí ní kē fūKalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)
• 卡拉马佐夫兄弟Kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū Xiōng dìBrothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基
• 卡拉姆昌德Kǎ lā mǔ chāng déKaramchand (name)

Words containing 卡拉

• 安卡拉Ān kǎ lāAnkara, capital of Turkey
• 巴卡拉瓦bā kǎ lā wǎ(loanword) baklava
• 艾迪卡拉Ài dí kǎ lāEdiacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era…
• 埃迪卡拉Āi dí kǎ lāEdiacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
• 埃迪卡拉纪Āi dí kǎ lā jìEdiacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era

Sounds the same

Read kǎ lā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卡啦crispy, deep-fried (variant of 卡拉
• 咔啦crispy, deep-fried (variant of 卡拉