卡
kǎqiǎ HSK2

stuck

卡 kǎ frequency
card noun
a physical card, such as a credit card or ID card

请在大门处刷你的会员卡。

qǐng zài dà​mén chù shuā nǐ de huì​yuán kǎ.

Please swipe your membership card at the main gate.

lag adjective
to be slow or freezing, particularly in a computing context

网络太差了，视频播放非常卡。

Wǎng​luò tài chà le, shì​pín bō​fàng fēi​cháng kǎ.

The network is too slow, so the video playback is very laggy.

block verb
to stop, block, or be physically stuck

这个零件尺寸不对，卡不进去。

zhè​ge líng​jiàn chǐ​cun bù duì, kǎ bù jìn​qù.

This part is the wrong size and won't fit in.

calorie measure word
a unit of energy (abbreviation for 卡路里 kǎ​lù​lǐ)

这块蛋糕的热量大约有三百卡。

zhè kuài dàn​gāo de rè​liàng dà​yuē yǒu sān​bǎi kǎ.

This piece of cake has about three hundred calories.

cassette noun
a cassette tape or cassette-based recording device

这台老式录音机是双卡的。

zhè tái lǎo​shì lù​yīn​jī shì shuāng kǎ de.

This old-fashioned tape recorder is a dual-deck model.

truck noun
a truck or heavy vehicle (derived from 'car')

路边停着一辆装货的大卡。

lù​biān tíng zhe yī liàng zhuāng​huò de dà kǎ.

A large cargo truck is parked by the side of the road.

卡 qiǎ
stuck verb
to be wedged, blocked, or unable to move

鱼刺卡在喉咙里了。

yú​cì qiǎ zài hóu​lóng lǐ le.

A fishbone is stuck in my throat.

checkpoint noun
a customs station or security checkpost

警察在进城的路口设了卡。

jǐng​chá zài jìn​chéng de lù​kǒu shè le qiǎ.

The police set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the city.

clip noun
a fastener, clip, or mechanical clamp

他的领带卡是纯金制作的。

tā de lǐng​dài qiǎ shì chún jīn zhì​zuò de.

His tie clip is made of pure gold.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
717th most common 270.0 per million
Movie subtitles
360th most common 417.1 per million appears in 60% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
104.2 per million appears in 23% of films
Written text
254.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+5361

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)