Chinese words starting with “ka”
4 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable ka. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 1 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial k · final a · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 3rd tone 4
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 咖啡kā fēiHSK 3
coffee (loanword)
All 4 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 卡 | kǎ | n,v,g | to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 里); cassette | |
| 2 | 卡车 | kǎ chē | n,q | truck | |
| 3 | 卡片 | kǎ piàn | n | card | |
| 4 | 卡通 | kǎ tōng | n | cartoon (loanword) |
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