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发卡

fā kǎ

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Source form: 發卡 / 发卡
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck
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-9ca98e3b3536c468. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

發卡 发卡 [fa1 ka3] /to issue a card/(slang) to reject a guy or a girl/to chuck/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

fà qiǎ

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Source form: 髮卡 / 发卡
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
hair grip / hair clip
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-6121f2da13db91c7. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

髮卡 发卡 [fa4 qia3] /hair grip/hair clip/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 發卡 / 髮卡

  • 发
    fā

    to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

    fà

    hair / Taiwan pr. [fǎ]

  • 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]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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