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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卡* | 卡* | *卡
to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL: 張|张, / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里) / cassette
HSK 2
bank card
HSK 2
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  *刷* | 刷* | *刷
a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
HSK 4
credit card
HSK 2
(business) card
HSK 4
identity card / ID
HSK 3
plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / (dialect) wintersweet
HSK 6
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牌* | 牌* | *牌
signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块) / brand; trademark / mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌 and 曲牌)
HSK 4
greeting card / congratulation card
HSK 5
to strive to be among the best / zheng shangyou (card game)
China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization
card
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *主* | 主* | *主
owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)
HSK 7-9
microSD card
graphics card
tarot card
to scroll on one's smartphone; to check one's smartphone (for updates on social media etc) / to swipe one's smartphone (as a substitute for a payment card etc)
debit card
EasyCard (smart card used mainly for public transportation in Taiwan)
Magic the gathering (online fantasy game of card collecting and battling)
a fraudulently used credit card
head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc)
prepaid card
SIM card
cube; block; square / diamond ♦ (in card games)
public transportation card / prepaid transit card / subway pass
dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game)
(Tw) to put money into (a stored-value card or pre-paid phone account); to top up
conveyance (car, boat, aircraft etc); vehicle / (fig.) medium; platform; vector / (Tw) (Taiwan pr. [zai3 ju4]) a consumer's device (smart card or mobile app barcode etc) that can be scanned at checkout to save the receipt 統一發票|统一发票 to a cloud account
to wear (as an accessory: jewelry, pedometer, ID card etc)
a slave to one's credit card / sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings
to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)
debit card used to receive one's salary or wages
magnetic card / IC Card (telephone)
HSK 7-9
blackjack (card game)
to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck
IC card used for paying fares on public transportation systems such as buses and subways
(computing) graphics card; video card
poker (card game) / playing card / CL:
to recharge (money onto a card); to top up
memory card
heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye
cardboard / card stock
room card (in a hotel)
to win every trick in a card game / grand slam / fig. total success
(sports) wild card (loanword)
birthday card
invitation card / written invitation
HSK 7-9
machine-readable card that serves as a ticket (Tw)
rechargeable card / to recharge a card
playing card
employee identification card / work permit
student identity card
strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important
NVIDIA, computer graphics card company
card / invitation / message / (forum) post
HSK 7-9
sound card
network adapter card (computing)
deck of cards (in a trading card game) / (ACG) pool; banner (collection of in-game items players draw from in a gacha video game)
Christmas card
name card / business card
party membership / membership card
(card games) trump card / (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon
HSK 7-9
visiting card / name card
to share a card with sb (e.g. share a loyalty card to accumulate points and split the benefits)
Octopus (Hong Kong smart card system for electronic payments)
debit card / ATM card
smart card
ID card / proof of identity
graphics card
to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *帖* | 帖* | *帖
invitation card / notice
red card (sports)
telephone card
(of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette") / designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式) (loanword from "card")
credit card debt
badge; name tag; ID card (worn on the chest)
letter of congratulations / greeting card (e.g. for New Year)
to crawl under a table (e.g. as a forfeit for losing a bet or card game); to hide under a table
register card
debit card
Uno (card game)
debit card
to do sth after the time it should have been done / to do sth to make up for not having done it before / to reapply for (a lost document, card etc)
to recharge (money onto a card) (Tw)
to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) / to misappropriate
to play (a card) / to make a move in a game
heart ♥ (in card games)
calling card (telephone)
Joker (playing card)
invitation card / written invitation
HSK 7-9
mahjong table; card table; gambling table; gaming table
meal card
Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments)
to bid (bridge and similar card games)
permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *墩* | 墩* | *墩
block / gate pillar / pier / classifier for clusters of plants / classifier for rounds in a card game: trick / (archaic) watchtower
card reader
(fig.) trump card

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