喀 (kā): (onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting
喀 (kā) is a Chinese character meaning “(onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 客 (phonetic). It ranks #3149 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 喀 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 吃 (chī, to eat), 喝 (hē, to drink).
Definitions
- (onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喀布尔 | kā bù ěr | Kabul, capital of Afghanistan |
| 喀嚓 | kā chā | (onom.) breaking or snapping |
| 喀什proper-noun | kā shí | see 喀什地區|喀什地区 |
| 喀尔巴阡山脉 | kā ěr bā qiān shān mài | Carpathian Mountains, 1500-km mountain range in Central and Eastern Europe |
| 喀麦隆proper-noun | kā mài lóng | Cameroon |
| 喀拉拉邦 | kā lā lā bāng | Kerala (state in India) |
| 喀土穆proper-noun | kā tǔ mù | Khartoum, capital of Sudan |
| 达喀尔proper-noun | dá kā ěr | Dakar, capital of Senegal |
| 新喀里多尼亚 | xīn kā lǐ duō ní yà | New Caledonia |
| 喀什地区 | kā shí dì qū | Kashgar, prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 |
| 马斯喀特 | mǎ sī kā tè | Muscat, capital of Oman |
| 马拉喀什proper-noun | mǎ lā kā shí | Marrakech (city in Morocco) |
| 日喀则市 | rì kā zé shì | Xigazê, prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区 |
| 喀斯特 | kā sī tè | (geology) (loanword) karst |
| 喀什市 | kā shí shì | Kashgar, a county-level city in Kashgar City 喀什市, Xinjiang |
喀 appears in 44 compound words: 66 as the first character, 2 as the last, and 32 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
在喀什、伊犁等地,旅客也能找到DIY小羊公仔的店铺,线上制作和售卖也大批出现了。
zài kā shén , yī 犁 děng dì , lǚ kè yě néng zhǎo dào D I Y xiǎo yáng gōng zǐ de diàn pù , xiàn shàng zhì zuò hé shòu mài yě dà pī chū xiàn le .
In Kashgar, Ili, and other places, travelers can also find shops where they can make their own little lamb plush toys, and online production and sales have also surged.
这个名头可能很多人没听说过,实际上着名的达喀尔拉力赛就是 W2RC 的其中一个环节。
zhè gè míng tóu kě néng hěn duō rén méi tīng shuō guò , shí jì shàng zhe míng de dá kā ěr lā lì sài jiù shì W 2 R C de qí zhōng yī gè huán jié .
Many people may not have heard of this name, but in fact, the famous Dakar Rally is one of the events in the W2RC.
球队里来自尼日利亚、喀麦隆、加蓬等非洲国家的外交官因热爱足球而相聚。
qiú duì lǐ lái zì ní rì lì yà , kā mài lóng , jiā péng děng fēi zhōu guó jiā de wài jiāo guān yīn rè ài zú qiú ér xiāng jù .
Diplomats from African countries such as Nigeria, Cameroon, and Gabon have come together on the team because of their love of soccer.
电视剧《喀什恋歌》研讨会举行
diàn shì jù kā shén liàn gē yán tǎo huì jǔ xíng
Symposium on the TV Series "Kashgar Love Song" Held
Character Family
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