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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kā | ka1
English translation
to vomit; used in transliterations

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口客

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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zuò wéi 替补队员 tì bǔ duì yuán 上场 shàng chǎng de wéi 喀麦隆队打入 le 四粒关键 guānjiàn 进球 jìn qiú

Coming on as a substitute, he scored four crucial goals for Cameroon.

fēng shù 喀嚓一声刮断 le

The wind had snapped the tree in two.

de jiǎo 喀嚓 kā chā 喀嚓 kā chā de cǎi zài 沙砾 shā lì shǎng

Her feet scrunch on the gravel.

旅行 lǚxíng de 终点 zhōngdiǎn shì 马拉喀什 Mǎ lā kā shí 古城 gǔ chéng

The journey ends in the ancient city of Marrakesh.

有关 yǒu guān 那喀索斯 de 神话故事 shén huà gù shi zài 奥维德 de 作品 zuòpǐn 中有 Guò 描述 miáo shù

The myth of Narcissus is described in Ovid's work.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
(onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting
喀布尔 Kā bù ěr Kabul, capital of Afghanistan喀布爾
喀什 Kā shí Kashgar or Qeshqer (Kāshí) city and prefecture in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan喀什 Kā shí
喀麦隆 Kā mài lóng Cameroon喀麥隆
达喀尔 Dá kā ěr Dakar, capital of Senegal達喀爾
喀嚓 kā chā (onom.) breaking or snapping喀嚓 kā chā
喀斯特 kā sī tè karst (loanword)喀斯特 kā sī tè
日喀则 Rì kā zé Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet日喀則
喀尔巴阡山脉 Kā ěr bā qiān Shān mài Carpathian Mountains, 1500-km mountain range in Central and Eastern Europe喀爾巴阡山脈
喀土穆 Kā tǔ mù Khartoum, capital of Sudan喀土穆 Kā tǔ mù
喀什地区 Kā shí dì qū Qeshqer wilayiti, Kashgar or Kāshí prefecture in west Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan喀什地區
喀秋莎 Kā qiū shā Katyusha (name)喀秋莎 Kā qiū shā
日喀则地区 Rì kā zé dì qū Shigatse or Xigaze prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse sa khul, Chinese Rikaze日喀則地區
喀拉拉邦 Kā lā lā bāng Kerala (state in India)喀拉拉邦 Kā lā lā bāng
坦噶尼喀 Tǎn gá ní kā Tanganyika on continent of West Africa, one component of Tanzania坦噶尼喀 Tǎn gá ní kā
喀什市 Kā shí shì Qeshqer Shehiri (Kashgar city) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan喀什市 Kā shí shì
马斯喀特 Mǎ sī kā tè Muscat, capital of Oman馬斯喀特
日喀则市 Rì kā zé shì Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet, Chinese Rikaze日喀則市
喀喇昆仑山 Kā lǎ kūn lún Shān Karakorum mountain range in west Xinjiang喀喇崑崙山
亚喀巴 Yà kā bā Aqaba (port city in Jordan)亞喀巴

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