咖
kāgā HSK3

coffee

咖 kā frequency
class noun
rank, grade, or level, often referring to a person's status or importance

你看他那副样子，真是好大一个咖。

nǐ kàn tā nà fù yàng​zi, zhēn shì hǎo dà yī gè kā.

Look at him; he really thinks he's a big shot.

coffee noun
used in transliterations, primarily for coffee

他在忙碌的工作间隙喝了一杯热咖啡提神。

tā zài máng​lù de gōng​zuò jiàn​xì hē le yī bēi rè kā​fēi tí​shén.

He had a cup of hot coffee to refresh himself during a break in his busy work schedule.

咖 gā
curry noun
used in 咖喱 gā​lí (curry)

这道牛肉咖喱的味道非常正宗，大家都爱吃。

zhè dào niú​ròu gā​lí de wèi​dao fēi​cháng zhèng​zōng, dà​jiā dōu ài chī.

This beef curry tastes very authentic, and everyone loves it.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,379th most common 22.6 per million
Movie subtitles
964th most common 112.1 per million appears in 35% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.85 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
7.52 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5496

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