大卡 (dà kǎ) — (measure word) kilocalorie

Definition

A measure word for kilocalories (food energy), written 一大卡 or shortened to 卡. Pronounced 'dà' here, not 'dàkǎ' as in some other 大卡 compounds.

classifier
kilocalorie

Examples

  • 大卡。
    Zhè ge miàn bāo yǒu sān bǎi dà kǎ.
    This bread has 300 kilocalories.
  • 大卡。
    Tā měi tiān zhī chī yì qiān dà kǎ de shí wù.
    He only eats 1000 kilocalories of food per day.
  • 大卡。
    Yí dà kǎ děng yú yì qiān kǎ lù lǐ.
    One kilocalorie equals 1000 calories.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

大dàlarge
卡kǎcalorie

大 marks a larger unit of 卡, giving the kilocalorie.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Open 大 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

卡 is made from 上 (up) and 下 (down), with their horizontal lines fused, showing something squeezed between above and below.

Open 卡 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.