Word information
Simplified绿卡
Traditional綠卡
Pinyinlǜ kǎ
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
绿卡
lǜ kǎ · permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
Character breakdown
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How to learn 绿卡
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绿茶lǜchá
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绿色lǜsègreen
红绿灯hóng-lǜdēngtraffic light; traffic signal
卡kǎto 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xìnyòngkǎcredit card
银行卡yínhángkǎbank card