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卡拉
kǎlā
1. karaoke
Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown

卡
kǎ
card, punch card; calorie
HSK 3 5 丶
拉
lā
to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (15)

卡拉奇
Kǎlāqí
Karachi (Pakistan)
卡拉胶
kǎlājiāo
carageenan (chemistry)
安卡拉
Ānkǎlā
Ankara, capital of Turkey
卡拉OK
kǎlāOK
karaoke (loanword)
卡拉卡斯
Kǎlākǎsī
Caracas, capital of Venezuela (Tw)
卡拉奇那
Kǎlājīnà
Krajina (former Yugoslavia)
卡拉季奇
Kǎlājìjī
Radovan Karadžić (1945-), former Bosnian Serb leader and war criminal
卡拉比拉
Kǎlābǐlā
Karabilah (Iraqi city)
埃迪卡拉
Āidíkǎlā
Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
艾迪卡拉
Àidíkǎlā
Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
卡拉姆昌德
Kǎlāmǔchāngdé
Karamchand (name)
卡拉布里亚
Kǎlābùlǐyà
Calabria, southernmost Italian province
埃迪卡拉纪
Āidíkǎlājì
Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
卡拉什尼科夫
Kǎlāshíníkēfū
Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)
卡拉马佐夫兄弟
Kǎlāmǎzuǒfūxiōngdì
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky [[陀思妥耶夫斯基]]

Alternate Entries

卡拉
Kǎlā
Kara, city in northern Togo [[多哥<Duōgē>]] / Cara, Karla etc (name)

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Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
3,370 of 84,292

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