(kǎ) - card; to be stuck in Mandarin
kǎTraditional: 卡
Translation
card; to be stuck
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Word origin
卡 means card and also to be stuck or wedged. It is a borrowed phonetic transcription of English 'card'; the graph itself is composed of 上 (up) over 下 (down), suggesting something caught between, neither up nor down.
- Origin
- loanword
- Root
- 卡 (kǎ), 上 'up' over 下 'down'; transcribes English 'card'
- English cognates
- card
Stroke order
卡
Examples
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I have lost my bank card.
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The door is stuck there.
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My mother gave me this card.
卡 (kǎ) means card or to be stuck.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 8: 卡, 米, 总 and 7 more words.