卡
Meaning
- to stop
- to block
- (computing) (coll.) slow
Measure word
张 zhāng or 片 piàn
Example sentence
她是卡门。
She's Carmen.
The character 卡
卡 is a loan carrying the English card, and the shape suits it — 上 and 下 jammed together. 信用卡, 银行卡, 卡片. Read qiǎ it means exactly that jamming: stuck, wedged.