卡 (kaat1 kaa1 | ka3 nong4 long4 neng4) : card, cardboard; calorie

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卡

kaat1 kaa1

ka3 nong4 long4 neng4

(1) [1] [n] card; punch card; cardboard ( also 粵: 咭 )[2] abbreviated form for calorie [3] [n] guardhouse [4] [n] customs barrier; roadblock; checkpoint [5] [v] block; check
(2) [v] be squeezed in between; be sandwiched

Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 卜 (#25)

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

卡

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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簽卡 cim1 kaat1 = pay by card ?

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
See all 90 compounds (CantoDict reports 96 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 卡

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

我或者畀現金或者簽卡粵
Ｍaybe I'll pay by cash, or maybe I'll pay by card.
[Lit. I maybe give cash maybe sign card]

簽卡就平啲啦粵
If you pay by card it'll be cheaper.

簽卡平過畀現金啦粵
Paying by card is cheaper than using cash.
[Lit. sign card cheap surpass give cash]

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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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.
? : Unknown usage

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

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