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卡美拉

Kǎ měi lādictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Gamera (Japanese ガメラ Gamera), Japanese movie monster
Sources & editorial notes

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-61d9c585a40d6705. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

卡美拉 卡美拉 [Ka3 mei3 la1] /Gamera (Japanese ガメラ Gamera), Japanese movie monster/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 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]

  • 美
    měi

    beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself

    Měi

    (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó])

  • 拉
    lā

    to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

    lá

    to make a cut in (sth) / to slit / to gash / to slash

    là

    used in 拉拉蛄[là là gǔ]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.