Usage of the character 卡

(sports) to jockey for position; (basketball) to box out; (commerce) to establish oneself in a competitive market (also pr. (qiǎwèi))
booth seating (always pr. (kǎwèi) for this sense)

kǎnóng

卡农

[卡農]

canon (music) (loanword)

kǎpiàn

卡片

[卡片]

card

fàqiǎ

发卡

[髮卡]

hair grip
hair clip

kǎpái

卡牌

[卡牌]

playing card

zhòngkǎ

重卡

[重卡]

heavy truck (abbr. for 重型卡車／重型卡车)

kǎzuò

卡座

[卡座]

booth (in restaurants etc) (loanword from "car seat")

guānqiǎ

关卡

[關卡]

checkpoint (for taxation, security etc)
barrier
hurdle
red tape
CL:個／个 (gè),道 (dào)

zuànqiǎ

钻卡

[鑽卡]

drill chuck

biānqiǎ

边卡

[邊卡]

border checkpoint

kǎsǐ

卡死

[卡死]

jammed
stuck
frozen (computer)

hèkǎ

贺卡

[賀卡]

greeting card
congratulation card

Kǎtè

卡特

[卡特]

Carter (name)
Jimmy Carter (1924-), US Democrat politician, president 1977-1981

xiǎnkǎ

显卡

[顯卡]

video card
display card (computer)

huàkǎ

话卡

[話卡]

calling card (telephone)

kǎzhài

卡债

[卡債]

credit card debt

kǎdiǎn

卡点

[卡點]

to synchronize (a video etc) to the beat of a piece of music

Akǎ

阿卡

[阿卡]

Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko

kǎcáo

卡槽

[卡槽]

(electronics) card slot (for SD card, SIM card etc)
clamping groove

Kǎyàn

卡宴

[卡宴]

Cayenne, capital of French Guiana

Kǎlā

卡拉

[卡拉]

Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥 ( Duōgē)
Cara, Karla etc (name)

kǎnóng

卡侬

[卡儂]

XLR connector

Kǎmén

卡门

[卡門]

Carmen (name)
Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美 ( Méilǐměi)

shuākǎ

刷卡

[刷卡]

to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)

fángkǎ

房卡

[房卡]

room card (in a hotel)

fākǎ

发卡

[發卡]

to issue a card
(slang) to reject a guy or a girl
to chuck

lükǎ

绿卡

[綠卡]

permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)

qiǎzi

卡子

[卡子]

clip
hair fastener
checkpoint

mókǎ

摩卡

[摩卡]

mocha (loanword)

shàoqiǎ

哨卡

[哨卡]

border sentry post

Kǎdá

卡达

[卡達]

Qatar (Tw)

Kǎ'ěr

卡尔

[卡爾]

Karl (name)

bōkǎ

波卡

[波卡]

burqa (loanword)

kǎchē

卡车

[卡車]

truck
CL:輛／辆 (liàng)

kǎtā

卡他

[卡他]

(loanword) (medicine) catarrh

Kǎ'ēn

卡恩

[卡恩]

Kahn

kǎdàn

卡弹

[卡彈]

to jam (rifle)

hēikǎ

黑卡

[黑卡]

a fraudulently used credit card

qiānkǎ

千卡

[千卡]

kilocalorie (Kcal)

kǎlā

卡啦

[卡啦]

crispy, deep-fried (variant of 卡拉 (kǎlā))

kǎnú

卡奴

[卡奴]

a slave to one's credit card
sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings

dǎkǎ

打卡

[打卡]

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

kǎdài

卡带

[卡帶]

cassette tape

Kǎfū

卡夫

[卡夫]

Kraft, US food company

díkǎ

涤卡

[滌卡]

polyester khaki (abbr. for 滌綸卡其布／涤纶卡其布 (dílúnkǎqíbù))

píkǎ

皮卡

[皮卡]

pickup (truck) (loanword)

tángkǎ

唐卡

[唐卡]

thangka (Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting)

wàikǎ

外卡

[外卡]

(sports) wild card (loanword)

Kūnkǎ

昆卡

[昆卡]

Cuenca (place name and surname)

shēngkǎ

声卡

[聲卡]

sound card

kǎzhǐ

卡纸

[卡紙]

cardboard
card stock

kǎdùn

卡顿

[卡頓]

(computing) slow; unresponsive

kǎpà

卡帕

[卡帕]

kappa (Greek letter Κκ)

kǎshì

卡式

[卡式]

(of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette")
designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式 (chākǎshì)) (loanword from "card")

piàokǎ

票卡

[票卡]

machine-readable card that serves as a ticket (Tw)

wǎngkǎ

网卡

[網卡]

network adapter card (computing)

Dákǎ

达卡

[達卡]

Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh
(Tw) Dakar, capital of Senegal

kǎchǐ

卡尺

[卡尺]

calipers

kǎsǔn

卡榫

[卡榫]

clip
latch (on a clip-into-place component)

kǎzhù

卡住

[卡住]

to jam
to choke
to clutch
also pr. (qiǎzhù)

bǔkǎ

补卡

[補卡]

to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number
SIM replacement

Qìkǎ

契卡

[契卡]

Cheka, a Soviet secret police agency, forerunner of the KGB

mǎkǎ

玛卡

[瑪卡]

maca (Lepidium meyenii)

kǎqí

卡其

[卡其]

khaki (loanword)

kǎguān

卡关

[卡關]

to be stuck
to feel stuck

línkǎ

林卡

[林卡]

transliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden

qiǎpán

卡盘

[卡盤]

chuck (for a drill etc)

gǎngqiǎ

岗卡

[崗卡]

checkpoint
Taiwan pr. (gǎngkǎ)

qiǎké

卡壳

[卡殼]

(of a bullet or shell) to jam
(fig.) to get stuck; to be held up; to reach an impasse

kǎlā O K

卡拉OK

[卡拉OK]

karaoke (loanword)

Yóukǎtǎn

尤卡坦

[尤卡坦]

Yucatan (Mexican province)

Nèikǎ Hé

内卡河

[內卡河]

Neckar River in Germany

tǎluókǎ

塔罗卡

[塔羅卡]

tarot card
Tarouca

Kǎfūkǎ

卡夫卡

[卡夫卡]

Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer

Kǎ'ěrwén

卡尔文

[卡爾文]

Calvin (name)

Kǎtǎ'ěr

卡塔尔

[卡塔爾]

Qatar

Hānǔkǎ

哈努卡

[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)
also called 光明節／光明节 and 哈努卡節／哈努卡节

Kǎsēnchéng

卡森城

[卡森城]

Carson City, capital of Nevada

mǎkǎlóng

马卡龙

[馬卡龍]

macaron, French pastry with a soft filling sandwiched between the meringue-based cookie shells (loanword)

túxíngkǎ

图形卡

[圖形卡]

graphics card

kǎshìlú

卡式炉

[卡式爐]

portable gas stove (fueled by a gas cartridge)

kǎlùlǐ

卡路里

[卡路里]

calorie (loanword)

Akǎdī

阿卡提

[阿卡提]

Arcadia (Greek prefecture on the Peloponnese)

yínhángkǎ

银行卡

[銀行卡]

bank card
ATM card

Shèngdànkǎ

圣诞卡

[聖誕卡]

Christmas card

Tuōpíkǎ

托皮卡

[托皮卡]

Topeka, capital of Kansas

Cānkǎ'ěr

参卡尔

[參卡爾]

Ivan Cankar (1876-1918), Slovenian modernist writer

Jiéxīkǎ

杰西卡

[傑西卡]

Jessica (name)

Kǎzhāfēi

卡扎菲

[卡扎菲]

(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011

tuōkǎtǎ

托卡塔

[托卡塔]

toccata (music) (loanword)

kǎbālái

卡巴莱

[卡巴萊]

cabaret (loanword)

kǎnídīng

卡尼丁

[卡尼丁]

carnitine (loanword) (biochemistry)

chākǎshì

插卡式

[插卡式]

(of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted

shēngrìkǎ

生日卡

[生日卡]

birthday card

kǎlìkē

卡利科

[卡利科]

calico (woven cloth from Caldicot, Kerala, India)

kǎpiànjī

卡片机

[卡片機]

compact digital camera
point-and-shoot camera

Yīwànkǎ

伊万卡

[伊萬卡]

Ivanka (name)

Yōuyóu Kǎ

悠游卡

[悠遊卡]

EasyCard (smart card used mainly for public transportation in Taiwan)

kǎlājiāo

卡拉胶

[卡拉膠]

carageenan (chemistry)

Kǎluòsī

卡洛斯

[卡洛斯]

Carlos (name)

kǎnàlěi

卡纳蕾

[卡納蕾]

canelé (a French pastry) (loanword)

fókǎxià

佛卡夏

[佛卡夏]

focaccia (loanword)

Mǎyāokǎ

马约卡

[馬約卡]

Majorca (island of Spain)

Kǎsīcuì

卡斯翠

[卡斯翠]

Castries, capital of Saint Lucia (Tw)

Pàlánkǎ

帕兰卡

[帕蘭卡]

Palanka (a personal name)

Kǎměiluò

卡美洛

[卡美洛]

Camelot, seat of legendary King Arthur

dǎkǒngkǎ

打孔卡

[打孔卡]

(computing) punch card

Díkǎ'ěr

笛卡尔

[笛卡爾]

René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher

Kǎlāqí

卡拉奇

[卡拉奇]

Karachi (Pakistan)

chōurènkǎ

抽认卡

[抽認卡]

flashcard

jìfēnkǎ

计分卡

[計分卡]

scorecard

Hèkǎtè

赫卡忒

[赫卡忒]

Hecate (goddess of Greek mythology)

xìnyòngkǎ

信用卡

[信用卡]

credit card

hèniánkǎ

贺年卡

[賀年卡]

New Year greeting card

shēnkǎqiú

伸卡球

[伸卡球]

sinker (baseball) (loanword)

Kǎluòchí

卡洛驰

[卡洛馳]

Crocs, Inc.

diànhuàkǎ

电话卡

[電話卡]

telephone card

zhìnéngkǎ

智能卡

[智能卡]

smart card

Kǎlèxīng

卡乐星

[卡樂星]

Carl's Jr. (fast-food restaurant chain)

Lùshākǎ

路沙卡

[路沙卡]

Lusaka, capital of Zambia (Tw)

pèijiēkǎ

配接卡

[配接卡]

adapter (device)

Kǎluòchí

卡骆驰

[卡駱馳]

Crocs, Inc.

Bìkǎsuǒ

毕卡索

[畢卡索]

Picasso (Tw)

kǎbīnqiāng

卡宾枪

[卡賓槍]

carbine rifle (loanword)

Kǎ'ěrdùn

卡尔顿

[卡爾頓]

Carleton

Aòsīkǎ

奥斯卡

[奧斯卡]

(film industry) Oscar (Academy Award)
CL:屆／届 (jiè)
(name) Oscar

Làngkǎzǐ

浪卡子

[浪卡子]

Nagarzê county, Tibetan: Sna dkar rtse rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區／山南地区 ( Shānnándìqū), Tibet

Kǎméilún

卡梅伦

[卡梅倫]

Cameron (name)

Lúkǎsī

卢卡斯

[盧卡斯]

Lucas (name)

Jiéxīkǎ

洁西卡

[潔西卡]

Jessica (name)

kǎwāyī

卡哇依

[卡哇依]

variant of 卡哇伊 (kǎwāyī)

jièjìkǎ

借记卡

[借記卡]

debit card

Kǎxīní

卡西尼

[卡西尼]

Cassini (proper name)

shēnfènkǎ

身份卡

[身份卡]

identity card
ID card

chǔzhíkǎ

储值卡

[儲值卡]

stored-value card; prepaid card (telephone, transport etc)

yàoshikǎ

钥匙卡

[鑰匙卡]

keycard

Kǎqiūshā

卡秋莎

[卡秋莎]

Katyusha (name)
name of a Russian wartime song
nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII
also written 喀秋莎

zhuǎnzhàngkǎ

转账卡

[轉賬卡]

debit card

Kǎxī'ōu

卡西欧

[卡西歐]

Casio

mǔdankǎ

牡丹卡

[牡丹卡]

Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China)

guāguākǎ

刮刮卡

[刮刮卡]

lottery scratchcard

Lānàkǎ

拉纳卡

[拉納卡]

Larnaca (city in Cyprus)
Larnaka

niǔkǎsù

纽卡素

[紐卡素]

Newcastle

Wéisīkǎ

韦斯卡

[韋斯卡]

Uesca or Huesca, Spain

Kǎnèijī

卡内基

[卡內基]

Carnegie (name)
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), Scots American steel millionaire and philanthropist

Píkǎ'ěr

皮卡尔

[皮卡爾]

Picard (name)

kǎménbèi

卡门贝

[卡門貝]

camembert cheese

gāokǎchē

高卡车

[高卡車]

go-kart (loanword)

cúnchǔkǎ

存储卡

[存儲卡]

memory card

Pàsīkǎ

帕斯卡

[帕斯卡]

Pascal (name)
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician

dúkǎqì

读卡器

[讀卡器]

card reader

Kǎměilā

卡美拉

[卡美拉]

Gamera (Japanese ガメラ Gamera), Japanese movie monster

kǎjièmiáo

卡介苗

[卡介苗]

BCG vaccine
bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine

chōngzhíkǎ

充值卡

[充值卡]

rechargeable card
to recharge a card

Mǎlüèkǎ

马略卡

[馬略卡]

Majorca (island of Spain)

kǎdàoyīn

卡到阴

[卡到陰]

(Tw) to be possessed
to be bewitched

Díkǎ'ér

笛卡儿

[笛卡兒]

René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論／方法论

bō'ěrkǎ

波尔卡

[波爾卡]

polka (dance) (loanword)

tíkuǎnkǎ

提款卡

[提款卡]

debit card
ATM card

mùkǎmǔ

木卡姆

[木卡姆]

muqam, any of a set of 12 melody types used in the music of the Uyghurs

xiǎnshìkǎ

显示卡

[顯示卡]

graphics card

Kǎxiānní

卡仙尼

[卡仙尼]

Cassini space probe

chǔxùkǎ

储蓄卡

[儲蓄卡]

debit card

kǎluònà

卡洛娜

[卡洛娜]

calzone (Italian pocket), folded pizza

Yīkǎtōng

一卡通

[一卡通]

the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)

Yīsàkǎ

伊萨卡

[伊薩卡]