卡拉OK

kǎlā'ōukèi

noun

Meanings

1 karaoke

Characters

Examples

周末我们去唱卡拉OK 吧。

Zhōumò wǒmen qù chàng kǎlā'ōukèi ba.

Let's go sing karaoke this weekend.

他家里装了一套卡拉OK。

Tā jiā lǐ zhuāng le yī tào kǎlā'ōukèi.

He's got a karaoke set installed at home.

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Loanword from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke, literally 'empty orchestra'). In daily speech Chinese speakers usually just say KTV — 卡拉OK is more often written than spoken.

Stroke Order

卡 kǎ

拉 lā