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HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. to stop
  2. 2. to block
  3. 3. (computing) (coll.) slow
  4. 4. (loanword) card
  5. 5. truck (from \car\)
  6. 6. cassette

Example Sentences

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她會說 達山語,也會說廣東話。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 11077625)

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Words Containing 卡

卡昂
kǎ áng

Caen (French town)

生日卡
shēng rì kǎ

birthday card

卡瓦格博峰
kǎ wǎ gé bó fēng

Mt Kawakarpo (6740 m) in Yunnan, the highest peak of Meili Snow Mountains 梅里雪山[méi lǐ xuě shān]

卡扎菲
kǎ zhā fēi

(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011

卡斯蒂利亚·莱昂
kǎ sī dì lì yà · lái áng

Castilla-Leon, north Spanish province

千卡
qiān kǎ

kilocalorie (Kcal)

卡丁车
kǎ dīng chē

go-kart

卡门柏乳酪
kǎ mén bó rǔ lào

Camembert (soft, creamy French cheese)

外卡
wài kǎ

(sports) wild card (loanword)

北卡罗来纳
běi kǎ luó lái nà

North Carolina, US state

参卡尔
cān kǎ ěr

Ivan Cankar (1876-1918), Slovenian modernist writer

普鲁卡因
pǔ lǔ kǎ yīn

procaine (nerve blocking agent) (loanword)

卡车
kǎ chē

truck

埃迪卡拉纪
āi dí kǎ lā jì

Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era

马尔卡河
mǎ ěr kǎ hé

Malka River, Russia, a.k.a. Balyksu River

卡尔斯鲁厄
kǎ ěr sī lǔ è

Karlsruhe (city in Germany)

卢卡申科
lú kǎ shēn kē

Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukachenko, president of Belarus from 1994

萨拉曼卡
sà lā màn kǎ

Salamanca, Spain

卡特彼勒公司
kǎ tè bǐ lè gōng sī

Caterpillar Inc.

波卡
bō kǎ

burqa (loanword)

卡方
kǎ fāng

chi-square (math.)

贝利卡登
bèi lì kǎ dēng

Ballycotton (Irish: Baile Choitín), village near Cork

卡尔文克莱因
kǎ ěr wén kè lái yīn

Calvin Klein CK (brand)

网卡
wǎng kǎ

network adapter card (computing)

拉纳卡
lā nà kǎ

Larnaca (city in Cyprus)

卡死
kǎ sǐ

jammed

牡丹卡
mǔ dan kǎ

Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)

热比亚·卡德尔
rè bǐ yà · kǎ dé ěr

Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then president of the World Uighur Congress

尤卡坦
yóu kǎ tǎn

Yucatan (Mexican province)

萍卡菲尔特
píng kǎ fēi ěr tè

Pinkafeld (Hungarian Pinkafő) Austrian town on the border with Hungary

显示卡
xiǎn shì kǎ

graphics card

卡美洛
kǎ měi luò

Camelot, seat of legendary King Arthur

叶卡捷琳堡
yè kǎ jié lín bǎo

Yekaterinburg (Russian city, also known as Ekaterinburg or Sverdlovsk)

提款卡
tí kuǎn kǎ

debit card

货运卡车
huò yùn kǎ chē

freight truck

安娜·卡列尼娜
ān nà · kǎ liè ní nà

Anna Karenina, novel by Leo Tolstoy 列夫·托爾斯泰|列夫·托尔斯泰[liè fū · tuō ěr sī tài]

阿卡提
ā kǎ dī

Arcadia (Greek prefecture on the Peloponnese)

发好人卡
fā hǎo rén kǎ

(slang) to reject sb (by labeling them a \nice guy\)

圣诞卡
shèng dàn kǎ

Christmas card

生日贺卡
shēng rì hè kǎ

birthday card

银行卡
yín háng kǎ

bank card

磁卡
cí kǎ

magnetic card

贝卡谷地
bèi kǎ gǔ dì

Bekaa Valley between Lebanon and Syria

蒙特卡罗方法
méng tè kǎ luó fāng fǎ

Monte Carlo method (math.)

利多卡因
lì duō kǎ yīn

lidocaine (loanword)

斯里兰卡
sī lǐ lán kǎ

Sri Lanka

墨竹工卡县
mò zhú gōng kǎ xiàn

Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[lā sà], Tibet

信用卡
xìn yòng kǎ

credit card

打卡
dǎ kǎ

(of an employee) to clock on (or off)

抽认卡
chōu rèn kǎ

flashcard

杰西卡·艾尔芭
jié xī kǎ · ài ěr bā

Jessica Alba, American actress

墨竹工卡
mò zhú gōng kǎ

Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[lā sà], Tibet

插卡式
chā kǎ shì

(of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted

卡拉OK
kǎ lā o k

karaoke (loanword)

交通卡
jiāo tōng kǎ

public transportation card

刷卡
shuā kǎ

to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)

卡片
kǎ piàn

card

丙酸氟替卡松
bǐng suān fú tì kǎ sōng

fluticasone propionate

笛卡尔
dí kǎ ěr

René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher

门卡
mén kǎ

keycard

卡农
kǎ nóng

canon (music) (loanword)

卡宴
kǎ yàn

Cayenne, capital of French Guiana

卡波西氏肉瘤
kǎ bō xī shì ròu liú

Kaposi's sarcoma

卡波耶拉
kǎ bō yē lā

capoeira (loanword)

卡恩
kǎ ēn

Kahn

伊万卡
yī wàn kǎ

Ivanka (name)

卡尔文
kǎ ěr wén

Calvin (name)

卡其
kǎ qí

khaki (loanword)

一卡通
yī kǎ tōng

the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)

帕兰卡
pà lán kǎ

Palanka (a personal name)

黑卡
hēi kǎ

a fraudulently used credit card

卡秋莎
kǎ qiū shā

Katyusha (name)

笛卡儿坐标制
dí kǎ ér zuò biāo zhì

Cartesian coordinate system

卡纳塔克邦
kǎ nà tǎ kè bāng

Karnataka, southwest Indian state, capital Bangalore 班加羅爾|班加罗尔[bān jiā luó ěr]

存储卡
cún chǔ kǎ

memory card

卡侬
kǎ nóng

XLR connector

内卡河
nèi kǎ hé

Neckar River in Germany

卡带
kǎ dài

cassette tape

埃迪卡拉
āi dí kǎ lā

Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era

发卡
fā kǎ

to issue a card

卡乐星
kǎ lè xīng

Carl's Jr. (fast-food restaurant chain)

卡西欧
kǎ xī ōu

Casio

充值卡
chōng zhí kǎ

rechargeable card

房卡
fáng kǎ

room card (in a hotel)

帕斯卡
pà sī kǎ

Pascal (name)

悠游卡
yōu yóu kǎ

EasyCard (smart card used mainly for public transportation in Taiwan)

卡布奇诺
kǎ bù qí nuò

cappuccino (loanword)

卡债
kǎ zhài

credit card debt

卡仙尼
kǎ xiān ní

Cassini space probe

卡地亚
kǎ dì yà

Cartier (brand)

卡西尼
kǎ xī ní

Cassini (proper name)

电话卡
diàn huà kǎ

telephone card

马略卡
mǎ lüe4 kǎ

Majorca (island of Spain)

卡片机
kǎ piàn jī

compact digital camera

卡尔·马克思
kǎ ěr · mǎ kè sī

Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism

尤卡坦半岛
yóu kǎ tǎn bàn dǎo

Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico)

卡顿
kǎ dùn

(computing) slow

卡内基梅隆大学
kǎ nèi jī méi lóng dà xué

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

北卡罗来纳州
běi kǎ luó lái nà zhōu

North Carolina, US state

补卡
bǔ kǎ

to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number

卡西莫夫
kǎ xī mò fū

Kasimov (town in Russia)

卡巴斯基
kǎ bā sī jī

Kaspersky (computer security product brand)

卡尺
kǎ chǐ

calipers

巴尼亚卢卡
bā ní yà lú kǎ

Banja Luka (city in Bosnia)

卡拉季奇
kǎ lā jì jī

Radovan Karadžić (1945-), former Bosnian Serb leader and war criminal

拼卡
pīn kǎ

to share a card with sb (e.g. share a loyalty card to accumulate points and split the benefits)

拉什卡尔加
lā shí kǎ ěr jiā

Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan

卡珊德拉
kǎ shān dé lā

Cassandra (given name)

卡利多尼亚
kǎ lì duō ní yà

Caledonia

阿卡迪亚
ā kǎ dí yà

Arcadia (loanword)

奥斯卡
ào sī kǎ

(film industry) Oscar (Academy Award)

唐卡
táng kǎ

thangka (Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting)

卡座
kǎ zuò

booth (in restaurants etc) (loanword from \car seat\)

卡纳维尔角
kǎ nà wéi ěr jiǎo

Cape Canaveral, Florida

卡森城
kǎ sēn chéng

Carson City, capital of Nevada

卡尼丁
kǎ ní dīng

carnitine (loanword) (biochemistry)

卡奴
kǎ nú

a slave to one's credit card

阿卡贝拉
ā kǎ bèi lā

a cappella (loanword)

丽池卡登
lì chí kǎ dēng

Ritz-Carlton (hotel chain)

游标卡尺
yóu biāo kǎ chǐ

dial calipers

可卡因
kě kǎ yīn

cocaine (loanword)

卡纸
kǎ zhǐ

cardboard

卡槽
kǎ cáo

(electronics) card slot (for SD card, SIM card etc)

卡文迪什
kǎ wén dí shí

Cavendish (name)

瓜达卡纳尔岛
guā dá kǎ nà ěr dǎo

Guadalcanal Island

卡布其诺
kǎ bù qí nuò

cappuccino (loanword)

卡塔尼亚
kǎ tǎ ní yà

Catania, Sicily

卡门贝
kǎ mén bèi

camembert cheese

卡到阴
kǎ dào yīn

to be bewitched

显卡
xiǎn kǎ

video card

卡尔扎伊
kǎ ěr zā yī

Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014

卡弹
kǎ dàn

to jam (rifle)

TF卡
t f kǎ

microSD card

卡夫卡
kǎ fū kǎ

Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer

契卡
qì kǎ

Cheka, a Soviet secret police agency, forerunner of the KGB

边卡
biān qiǎ

border checkpoint

蒙特卡洛法
méng tè kǎ luò fǎ

Monte Carlo method (math.)

奥卡姆剃刀
ào kǎ mǔ tì dāo

Occam's razor

卡式炉
kǎ shì lú

portable gas stove (fueled by a gas cartridge)

伊萨卡
yī sà kǎ

Ithaca, a Greek island

热比娅·卡德尔
rè bǐ yà · kǎ dé ěr

Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then president of the World Uighur Congress

卡点
kǎ diǎn

to synchronize (a video etc) to the beat of a piece of music

寨卡病毒
zhài kǎ bìng dú

Zika virus

洁西卡
jié xī kǎ

Jessica (name)

卡牌
kǎ pái

playing card

卡利亚里
kǎ lì yà lǐ

Cagliari, Sardinia

卢卡斯
lú kǎ sī

Lucas (name)

卡住
kǎ zhù

to jam

智能卡
zhì néng kǎ

smart card

卡洛驰
kǎ luò chí

Crocs, Inc.

卡拉姆昌德
kǎ lā mǔ chāng dé

Karamchand (name)

卡斯特罗
kǎ sī tè luó

Castro (name)

钥匙卡
yào shi kǎ

keycard

配接卡
pèi jiē kǎ

adapter (device)

法尔卡什
fǎ ěr kǎ shí

Farkas (Hungarian name)

叶卡捷琳娜
yè kǎ jié lín nà

Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name)

吉亚卡摩
jí yà kǎ mó

Giacomo (name)

卡垫
kǎ diàn

(Tibetan) rug

绿卡
lǜ kǎ

permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)

卡拉奇
kǎ lā qí

Karachi (Pakistan)

莱卡
lái kǎ

Leica camera

卡位
kǎ wèi

(also pr. [qiǎ wèi]) to jockey for position (sports)

转账卡
zhuǎn zhàng kǎ

debit card

赫卡忒
hè kǎ tè

Hecate (goddess of Greek mythology)

莫尼卡·莱温斯基
mò ní kǎ · lái wēn sī jī

Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern

卡萨布兰卡
kǎ sà bù lán kǎ

Casablanca (Morocco's economic capital)

南卡罗来纳
nán kǎ luó lái nà

South Carolina, US state

韦斯卡
wéi sī kǎ

Uesca or Huesca, Spain

道卡斯族
dào kǎ sī zú

Taokas, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

卡式
kǎ shì

(of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from \cassette\)

托卡塔
tuō kǎ tǎ

toccata (music) (loanword)

翻斗卡车
fān dǒu kǎ chē

dump truck

卡利卡特
kǎ lì kǎ tè

Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India

卢萨卡
lú sà kǎ

Lusaka, capital of Zambia

佛卡夏
fó kǎ xià

focaccia (loanword)

卢卡
lú kǎ

Lucca (city in Tuscany)

图形卡
tú xíng kǎ

graphics card

卡纳达语
kǎ nà dá yǔ

Kannada (language)

帕斯卡尔
pà sī kǎ ěr

Pascal (name)

卡塔尔
kǎ tǎ ěr

Qatar

波尔卡
bō ěr kǎ

polka (dance) (loanword)

卡梅伦
kǎ méi lún

Cameron (name)

刮刮卡
guā guā kǎ

lottery scratchcard

卡宾枪
kǎ bīn qiāng

carbine rifle (loanword)

钻卡
zuàn qiǎ

drill chuck

麦司卡林
mài sī kǎ lín

mescaline (loanword)

卡拉胶
kǎ lā jiāo

carageenan (chemistry)

卡尔德龙
kǎ ěr dé lóng

Calderon (Hispanic name)

闪卡
shǎn kǎ

flashcard

卡介苗
kǎ jiè miáo

BCG vaccine

蒙特卡洛
méng tè kǎ luò

Monte-Carlo (Monaco)

罗布林卡
luó bù lín kǎ

Norbulingka (Tibetan: precious garden), summer residence of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet

萨斯卡通
sà sī kǎ tōng

Saskatoon city, Saskatchewan, Canada

卡西米尔效应
kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìng

Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)

阿卡普尔科
ā kǎ pǔ ěr kē

Acapulco, city in Mexico

叶卡特琳娜堡
yè kǎ tè lín nà bǎo

Ekaterinaburg or Ekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Russian town on the Ural mountains

皮卡尔
pí kǎ ěr

Picard (name)

卡拉布里亚
kǎ lā bù lǐ yà

Calabria, southernmost Italian province

皮卡
pí kǎ

pickup (truck) (loanword)

畅谈话卡
chàng tán huà kǎ

long-term calling card (telephone)

林卡
lín kǎ

transliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden

借记卡
jiè jì kǎ

debit card

马卡龙
mǎ kǎ lóng

macaron, French pastry with a soft filling sandwiched between the meringue-based cookie shells (loanword)

卡斯蒂利亚
kǎ sī dì lì yà

modern Spanish provinces of Castilla-Leon and Castilla-La Mancha

卡洛斯
kǎ luò sī

Carlos (name)

读卡器
dú kǎ qì

card reader

瓜达卡纳尔战役
guā dá kǎ nà ěr zhàn yì

battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific

卡内基
kǎ nèi jī

Carnegie (name)

关卡
guān qiǎ

checkpoint (for taxation, security etc)

身份识别卡
shēn fèn shí bié kǎ

identification card

帕斯卡三角形
pà sī kǎ sān jiǎo xíng

Pascal's Triangle (math.)

斯卡伯勒礁
sī kǎ bó lè jiāo

Scarborough Shoal (Philippines' name for Huangyan Island)

塔罗卡
tǎ luó kǎ

tarot card

摩卡咖啡
mó kǎ kā fēi

mocha coffee

打孔卡
dǎ kǒng kǎ

(computing) punch card

达卡
dá kǎ

Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh

卡特尔
kǎ tè ěr

cartel (loanword)

卡哇伊
kǎ wā yī

cute

卡萨诺瓦
kǎ sà nuò wǎ

Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer known for womanizing

杰西卡
jié xī kǎ

Jessica (name)

浪卡子县
làng kǎ zǐ xiàn

Nagarzê county, Tibetan: Sna dkar rtse rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet

托皮卡
tuō pí kǎ

Topeka, capital of Kansas

洁西卡·艾芭
jié xī kǎ · ài bā

Jessica Alba, American actress

图坦卡蒙
tú tǎn kǎ méng

Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC

卡尔巴拉
kǎ ěr bā lā

Karbala (city in Iraq)

卡盘
qiǎ pán

chuck (for a drill etc)

卡斯特利翁
kǎ sī tè lì wēng

Castellón

发卡
fà qiǎ

hair grip

卡纳蕾
kǎ nà lěi

canelé (a French pastry) (loanword)

卡通
kǎ tōng

cartoon (loanword)

浪卡子
làng kǎ zǐ

Nagarzê county, Tibetan: Sna dkar rtse rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet

安卡拉
ān kǎ lā

Ankara, capital of Turkey

话卡
huà kǎ

calling card (telephone)

大卡
dà kǎ

kilocalorie

哈米尔卡
hā mǐ ěr kǎ

Hamilcar (c. 270-228 BC), Carthaginian statesman and general

萨卡什维利
sà kǎ shí wéi lì

Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-), Georgian politician, president of Georgia 2004-2013

卡利科
kǎ lì kē

calico (woven cloth from Caldicot, Kerala, India)

图坦卡门
tú tǎn kǎ mén

Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC

卡尔加里
kǎ ěr jiā lǐ

Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada

卡桑德拉
kǎ sāng dé lā

Cassandra (given name)

卡门
kǎ mén

Carmen (name)

卡美拉
kǎ měi lā

Gamera (Japanese ガメラ Gamera), Japanese movie monster

卡纳维拉尔角
kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo

Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[kěn ní dí háng tiān zhōng xīn]

卡拉马佐夫兄弟
kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū xiōng dì

Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī]

贺卡
hè kǎ

greeting card

摩卡
mó kǎ

mocha (loanword)

卡骆驰
kǎ luò chí

Crocs, Inc.

卡关
kǎ guān

to be stuck

木卡姆
mù kǎ mǔ

muqam, Uyghur melody types that are the basis for a set of suites

卡尔顿
kǎ ěr dùn

Carleton

哈努卡节
hā nǔ kǎ jié

Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on the Gregorian calendar)

卡路里
kǎ lù lǐ

calorie (loanword)

纽卡素
niǔ kǎ sù

Newcastle

笛卡儿
dí kǎ ér

René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論|方法论

纳霍德卡
nà huò dé kǎ

Nakhodka (city in Russia)

卡拉比拉
kǎ lā bǐ lā

Karabilah (Iraqi city)

高卡车
gāo kǎ chē

go-kart (loanword)

声卡
shēng kǎ

sound card

卡布其诺咖啡
kǎ bù qí nuò kā fēi

cappuccino coffee

帕斯卡六边形
pà sī kǎ liù biān xíng

Pascal's hexagon

卡斯特里
kǎ sī tè lǐ

Castries, capital of Saint Lucia

奥斯卡金像奖
ào sī kǎ jīn xiàng jiǎng

an Academy Award; an Oscar

哨卡
shào qiǎ

border sentry post

身份卡
shēn fèn kǎ

identity card

计分卡
jì fēn kǎ

scorecard

卡拉什尼科夫
kǎ lā shí ní kē fū

Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)

吃拿卡要
chī ná qiǎ yào

dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes

卡拉奇那
kǎ lā jī nà

Krajina (former Yugoslavia)

南卡罗来纳州
nán kǎ luó lái nà zhōu

South Carolina, US state

阿卡迪亚大学
ā kǎ dí yà dà xué

Acadia University (Canada)

巴祖卡
bā zǔ kǎ

bazooka (loanword)

卡塔赫纳
kǎ tǎ hè nà

Cartagena

贺年卡
hè nián kǎ

New Year greeting card

纽卡斯尔
niǔ kǎ sī ěr

Newcastle (place name)

储值卡
chǔ zhí kǎ

stored-value card

卡罗利纳
kǎ luó lì nà

Carolina (Puerto Rico)

卡子
qiǎ zi

clip

阿卡
ā kǎ

Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko

哈努卡
hā nǔ kǎ

Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)

玛卡
mǎ kǎ

maca (Lepidium meyenii)

马约卡
mǎ yāo kǎ

Majorca (island of Spain)

卡拉
kǎ lā

Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥[duō gē]

卡帕
kǎ pà

kappa (Greek letter Κκ)

卡特
kǎ tè

Carter (name)

岗卡
gǎng qiǎ

checkpoint

卡榫
kǎ sǔn

clip

储蓄卡
chǔ xù kǎ

debit card

卡巴莱
kǎ bā lái

cabaret (loanword)

伸卡球
shēn kǎ qiú

sinker (baseball) (loanword)

卡司
kǎ sī

(acting) cast (loanword)

麦卡锡主义
mài kǎ xī zhǔ yì

McCarthyism

艾迪卡拉
ài dí kǎ lā

Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era

卡夫
kǎ fū

Kraft, US food company

卡尔
kǎ ěr

Karl (name)

卡脖子
qiǎ bó zi

to squeeze the throat