Chinese–EnglishWith examples

卡

kǎ · ka/qiǎ · qia

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

kǎ 卡

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

qiǎ 卡

  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]

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)的(de)银(yín)行(háng)卡(kǎ)昨(zuó)天(tiān)在(zài)取(qǔ)款(kuǎn)机(jī)里(lǐ)被(bèi)卡(qiǎ)住(zhù)了(le)。

My bank card got stuck in the ATM yesterday.

02

请(qǐng)把(bǎ)这(zhè)张(zhāng)卡(kǎ)插(chā)进(jìn)读(dú)卡(kǎ)器(qì)里(lǐ)。

Please insert this card into the card reader.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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