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HSK
credit card
HSK 2
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 / ATM card
HSK 2
greeting card / congratulation card
HSK 5
cartoon (loanword)
HSK 7-9
truck / CL: 輛|辆
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卡* | 卡* | *卡
to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3]
HSK 7-9
card
HSK 7-9
magnetic card / IC Card (telephone)
HSK 7-9
clip / hair fastener / checkpoint
HSK 7-9
the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
HSK 7-9
René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher
Cuenca (place name and surname)
capoeira (loanword)
Topeka, capital of Kansas
Qatar (Tw)
karaoke (loanword)
khaki (loanword)
Karachi (Pakistan)
(loanword) pickup truck
Carlos (name)
sound card
Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh / (Tw) Dakar, capital of Senegal
Castro (name) / Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008
Carl's Jr. (fast-food restaurant chain)
Castries, capital of Saint Lucia (Tw)
Lusaka, capital of Zambia
jammed / stuck / frozen (computer)
checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL: 個|个,
(computing) slow; unresponsive
(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location
Kahn
calorie (loanword)
Karl (name)
to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)
graphics card
graphics card
(film industry) Oscar (Academy Award) / CL: 屆|届 / (name) Oscar
network adapter card (computing)
Sri Lanka
(loanword) go-kart
Monte-Carlo (Monaco)
Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥 / Cara, Karla etc (name)
karaoke / (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
(name) Carter / Jimmy Carter (1924-2024), US president 1977-1981
(sports) wild card (loanword)
(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")
cardboard / card stock
permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
Cassandra (given name) / Cassandra (character in Greek mythology)
cassette tape
to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck
Carleton
Carmen (name) / Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美
Jessica (name)
cocaine (loanword)
Lucca (city in Tuscany)
Lusaka, capital of Zambia (Tw)
(acting) cast (loanword)
Qatar
(loanword) lidocaine
kilocalorie
Kraft, US food company
Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer
New Year greeting card
Cameron (name)
birthday card
Castilla-Leon, north Spanish province
Pascal (name)
Christmas card
South Carolina, US state
Casablanca (Morocco's economic capital)
Cagliari, Sardinia
Ithaca, a Greek island / Ithaca, New York, location of Cornell University 康奈爾大學|康奈尔大学
chuck (for a drill etc)
Cassini (proper name)
Carnegie (name) / Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), Scots American steel millionaire and philanthropist
Calvin (name)
Mallorca or Majorca (island of Spain)
Karlsruhe (city in Germany)
Castilla, old Spanish kingdom / modern Spanish provinces of Castilla-Leon and Castilla-La Mancha
dial calipers
North Carolina, US state
border checkpoint
to squeeze the throat / (fig.) to have in a stranglehold / critical
carbine rifle (loanword)
polka (dance) (loanword)
booth (in restaurants etc) (loanword from "car seat")
Monte-Carlo (Monaco) (Tw)
(place name) Arcadia
North Carolina, US state
Leica camera / Lycra (fiber or fabric)
(loanword) (medicine) catarrh
Calabria, southernmost Italian province
Kaposi's sarcoma
Newcastle (place name)
(of a bullet or shell) to jam / (fig.) to get stuck; to be held up; to reach an impasse
South Carolina, US state
burqa (loanword)
Ivanka (name)

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