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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kǎ | ka3
English translation
to stop
to block
card
CL: zhāng
> Zhāng [zhāng], piān [piàn]
calorie
cassette
(computing) (coll.) slow
card, punch card; calorie
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiǎ | qia3
English translation
to block
to be stuck
to be wedged
customs station
a clip
a fastener
a checkpost
Taiwan pr. [kǎ]

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

bo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A card squeezed between  shǎng and  xià

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

上卜

Explanation

Depicts being stuck between something above ( shǎng ) and something below ( xià ).

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zài 我们 wǒmen de 脚下 jiǎo xià , 大地 dà dì 裂开 liè kāi le ,安东尼 Ān dōng ní 大陆 Dà lù 变成 biàn chéng 了安东尼卡群岛 qún dǎo .

Beneath our very feet, the ground split and Antonica was splintered apart.

那个 nà ge 卡车 kǎchē 司机 sījī 饿 è le , jiù 汽车 qì chē tíng zài 餐馆 cān guǎn 旁边 pángbiān .

When he hungered for food, the truck driver stopped at a restaurant.

为什么 wèishénme 卡布 zài miǎo 义右可以 kěyǐ zuì kuài ne ?

Why is the cappaciuno fastest on Myogi rite now?

gāng de 生日 shēngrì 贺卡 hè kǎ 邮局 yóujú .

I've just taken her birthday card down to the post.

hāi , 卡明斯, gōng 下里士 Mǎn 需要 xūyào 小时 xiǎoshí ya ?

Hey, Cummings , how many hours will you need to take Richmond?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to stop
卡车 kǎchē truck卡車
信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ credit card信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ
卡尔 Kǎ ěr Karl (name)卡爾
卡片 kǎ piàn card卡片 kǎ piàn
卡拉 Kǎ lā Cara, Karla etc (name)卡拉 Kǎ lā
卡通 kǎtōng cartoon (loanword)卡通 kǎtōng
奥斯卡 Aò sī kǎ (name) Oscar奧斯卡
可卡因 kě kǎ yīn cocaine (loanword)可卡因 kě kǎ yīn
卡住 kǎ zhù to jam卡住 kǎ zhù
卡特 Kǎ tè Carter (name)卡特 Kǎ tè
网卡 wǎng kǎ network adapter card (computing)網卡
充值卡 chōng zhí kǎ rechargeable card充值卡 chōng zhí kǎ
卡斯特罗 Kǎ sī tè luó Castro (name)卡斯特羅
贺卡 hè kǎ greeting card賀卡
卡塔尔 Kǎ tǎ ěr Qatar卡塔爾
卡洛斯 Kǎ luò sī Carlos (name)卡洛斯 Kǎ luò sī
发卡 fà qiǎ to issue a card發卡
斯里兰卡 Sī lǐ lán kǎ Sri Lanka斯里蘭卡
卢卡斯 Lú kǎ sī Lucas (name)盧卡斯
持卡人 chí kǎ rén cardholder持卡人 chí kǎ rén
绿卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)綠卡
杰西卡 Jié xī kǎ Jessica (name)傑西卡
卡门 Kǎ mén Carmen (name)卡門

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