卡
kǎ
card
Every meaning
kǎ
- card
- (computing) slow; laggy
- (used in transliteration)
- truck (short for 卡车)
- calorie (short for 卡路里)
qiǎ
- to block; to get stuck
- clip; clamp (as in 发卡)
- checkpoint (as in 关卡)
In a sentence
我可以用这张卡付钱吗？
Can I pay with this card?
我的电脑今天特别卡。
My computer is really laggy today.
鱼刺卡在嗓子里了。
A fish bone got stuck in my throat.
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In the Library
今天，我去楼下的健身房买了一张卡，一年三千块。
一年三千块 · Chinese words for exercise: my New Year gym card · HSK 2
还有，你的咖啡卡上已经有九个红点了。
钱包里的小纸条 · The lost wallet that came back with a note · HSK 3
那口痰像一团硬棉絮，卡在胸口。
Words with 卡
Meanings are from Mandarin The Wild’s own dictionary. Levels follow the official HSK word list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus, levels 7–9 shown together).