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打卡

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ kǎ

(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out)
(on social media) to check in to a location

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
卡: kǎ · card, punch card; calorie

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3–3 · da3 ka3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daa2 kaat1

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verb

(verb-object) to punch a timeclock; to punch in; to clock in and out (of a job, etc.)
(originally Taiwan, Internet slang) to check in (to a location) on social media

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