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咖位

kā wèidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(coll.) prestige / level of prominence (esp. in the entertainment industry, from 大咖[dà kā])
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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.

Source record: cd-5c2a1e16af05d886. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

咖位 咖位 [ka1 wei4] /(coll.) prestige; level of prominence (esp. in the entertainment industry, from 大咖[da4 ka1])/

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Character information

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  • 咖
    gā

    used in 咖喱[gā lí]

    kā

    (bound form) coffee / café (abbr. for 咖啡[kā fēi]) / (Tw) (bound form) type of person (esp. in entertainment contexts) (loanword from "cast") (as in 大咖[dà kā] and 怪咖[guài kā])

  • 位
    wèi

    position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential

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