刮刮卡

guāguākǎ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

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

Tips

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

Stroke Order

guā