八 达 通 卡

Bā dá tōng kǎdictionary entry

Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments)

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

八達通卡八达通卡 [Ba1 da2 tong1 ka3] /Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments)/

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Other forms in these source records: 八達通卡

八
bā
eight
达
dá
to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate / eminent
Dá
surname Da
通
tōng
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
tòng
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
卡
kǎ
to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhāng],片[piàn] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[kǎ lù lǐ]) / cassette
qiǎ
to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [kǎ]

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