Chinese word dictionary

卡哇伊

kǎ wā yī · cute; adorable; charming (loanword from Japanese)

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Word information

Simplified卡哇伊

Traditional卡哇伊

Pinyinkǎ wā yī

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

卡kǎ

card, punch card; calorie

哇wa

to vomit; an infant's cry

伊yī

he she; this, that; used in transliterations

How to learn 卡哇伊

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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卡kǎ

to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassette

信用卡xìnyòngkǎ

credit card

银行卡yínhángkǎ

bank card

打卡dǎkǎ

(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out); (on social media) to check in to a location

卡片kǎpiàn

card

哇wā

Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting