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卡

Mandarin · pinyin kǎ#

Meanings · kǎ

  1. to stop
  2. to block
  3. (computing) (coll.) slow
  4. (loanword) card
  5. Classifier: 張 zhāng, 片 piàn
  6. truck (from "car")
  7. calorie (abbr. for 卡路里 kǎ lù lǐ)
  8. cassette
Mandarin · pinyin qiǎ#

Meanings · qiǎ

  1. to block
  2. to be stuck
  3. to be wedged
  4. customs station
  5. a clip
  6. a fastener
  7. a checkpost
  8. Taiwan pr. kǎ
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卡
kǎ · card, punch card; calorie
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3 · ka3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kaa1 · kaa2 · kaa3 · kaat1 · zaap6

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to wedge; to get stuck; to be jammed; to become tightly wedged
  2. to be stuck; to hold back, constrain
  3. to withhold, refuse to give (a person or property)
  4. to clamp with one's hands; to choke, throttle
  5. clip; clamp
  6. (historical) checkpoint; checkpost
  7. (dialectal) bottleneck; narrow pass
  8. (computing) to freeze up; to buffer; to stop loading; to lag
  9. (computing) laggy; slow; not responding
  10. (Gan) fishbone
  11. a surname, Qia

character · Etymology 2

  1. card (Classifier: 張／张 m)

character · Etymology 3

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 卡路里 (kǎlùlǐ)

character · Etymology 4

  1. truck; lorry
  2. railcar
  3. go-cart

character · Etymology 5

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 卡式 (kǎshì, “cassette”)

character · Etymology 6

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 卡其 (kǎqí, “khaki fabric”)

character · Etymology 7

  1. (Hong Kong) carat (unit of weight equivalent to 200 milligrams)

character · Etymology 8

  1. Used in transcription.

character · Etymology 9

  1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 較 /较 (“more”)

character · Etymology 10

  1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 奇 (classifier)

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卡 · ka3 · qia3
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 17,428, 17,429
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Exact source records卡 卡 [ka3] /to stop/to block/(computing) (coll.) slow/(loanword) card/CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]/truck (from "car")/calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3])/cassette/卡 卡 [qia3] /to block/to be stuck/to be wedged/customs station/a clip/a fastener/a checkpost/Taiwan pr. [ka3]/