卡 (kaa1 | ka3 qia3) : calorie; lorry; checkpoint; card

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卡

kaa1

ka3 qia3

[粵] kaa1 | [國] ka3
[1] [n] abbreviated form for calorie
[2] [n] lorry; truck

[粵] kaa1 | [國] qia3
[3] [n] checkpoint; customs barrier; roadblock
[4] [v] get stuck; be jammed; choke

[國] ka3 - Mandarin only | [粵] 咭
[n] card (phone ~, bank ~, birthday ~, etc)

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 卜 (#25)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

卡

This word has been viewed 14318 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2013 07:06

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信用卡 seon3 jung6 kaat1 xin4 yong4 ka3 = credit card

卡片 kaat1 pin3*2 ka3 pian4 = card

摩卡 mo1 kaa1 mo2 ka3 = mocha

信用卡號碼 seon3 jung6 kaat1 hou6 maa5 = credit card number

卡士 kaa1 si6*2 = cast (loanword)

卡曲 kaa1 kuk1 = a car coat (loanword)

卡曲衫 kaa1 kuk1 saam1 = a car coat (loanword)

卡路里 kaa1 lou6 lei5 ka3 lu4 li3 = calorie

可卡因 ho2 kaa1 jan1 ke3 ka3 yin1 = cocaine

卡車 kaa1 ce1 ka3 che1 = lorry; truck, pickup truck 國
See all 87 compounds (CantoDict reports 92 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你把聖誕卡全部都寄出去了嗎？國
Have you sent all of your Christmas cards yet?

我啱啱睇嗰套卡通好似好𠵇𠺫，唔知發生咩事粵
The anime I was watching just now seemed strange, I'm not quite sure what was going on.
[Lit. I just-now see that [counter] anime seem very strange, not-know happen what-matter]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 卡
Unicode code for this character: U+5361 (off-site link)

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