刮刮卡

guāguākǎ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 scratch card
  2. 2 scratch-off lottery ticket

Examples

HSK 3
Tā mǎi le yì zhāng guāguākǎ, jiéguǒ zhòng le wǔshí kuài.
He bought a scratch card and ended up winning fifty yuan.
HSK 7-9
Biànlìdiàn ménkǒu yǒurén zài guā guāguākǎ.
Someone is scratching off a scratch card at the convenience store entrance.

Tips

memory
The reduplicated 刮刮 (scratch-scratch) is onomatopoeic - it imitates the sound and the repeated action of scratching off the silver coating. = card, from the English loanword.

Stroke Order

guā