大卡

dàkǎ

noun #42,068

Meanings

HSK 5

一碗米饭的热量大概是多少大卡？

Yì wǎn mǐfàn de rèliàng dàgài shì duōshao dàkǎ?

Roughly how many kilocalories are there in a bowl of rice?

HSK 6

跑步一个小时能消耗几百大卡的热量。

Pǎobù yí ge xiǎoshí néng xiāohào jǐbǎi dàkǎ de rèliàng.

Running for an hour can burn several hundred kilocalories.

usage

Food labels count energy in 大卡 or 千卡, both meaning kilocalorie, the 'calorie' of diets. Casual speech shortens it to 卡, from 卡路里 'calorie'.

大 dà

卡 kǎ