Chinese Notes

卡 kǎ

kǎ noun a card; a punch card
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '卡'; Guoyu '卡' n 2; Mathews 1931 '卡', p. 83; Unihan '卡')
kǎ noun a restriction
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '卡' n 3)
qiǎ verb to choke; to cough
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 卡脖子 (Guoyu '卡' qiǎ; Mathews 1931 '卡', p. 83)
kǎ noun customs station; checkpost
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 关卡 'border checkpoint' (Guoyu '卡' n 1; Mathews 1931 '卡', p. 83)
kǎ measure word calorie
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: An abbreviation of the transliteration 卡路里 (Guoyu '卡' n 3; Unihan '卡')

波尔卡(波爾卡) polka
萨塔卡尔尼(薩塔卡爾尼) Satakarni
卡扎菲 Gaddafi
卡盘(卡盤) chuck (for a drill etc)
卡恩 Kahn
关卡(關卡) a customs post; an inspection station; an outpost
卡塔赫纳(卡塔赫納) Cartagena
圣诞卡(聖誕卡) Christmas card
卡西米尔效应(卡西米爾效應) Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)
卡片 card
阿卡迪亚(阿卡迪亞) Arcadia
卡伦(卡倫) border watch tower
笛卡儿坐标制(笛卡兒座標制) Cartesian coordinate system
卡美洛 Camelot
房卡 room card (in a hotel)
马卡龙(馬卡龍) macaron, French pastry with a soft filling sandwiched between the meringue-based cookie shells
悠游卡(悠遊卡) EasyCard, smartcard used for payment on public transport and at other businesses such as convenience stores in Taipei and surrounding areas
板卡 a board
高卡车(高卡車) go-kart
卡拉 karaoke
哈努卡 Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)
哨卡 border sentry post
卡罗利纳(卡羅利納) Carolina (Puerto Rico)
卡布奇诺(卡布奇諾) cappuccino
丙酸氟替卡松(丙酸氟替卡鬆) fluticasone propionate
卡脖子 to choke; to squeeze the throat
卡尔文(卡爾文) Calvin
图坦卡门(圖坦卡門) Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC
配接卡 adapter (device)
佛卡夏 focaccia

Truncated for common words