咔叽 (kǎjī): khaki (loanword)

Meanings

1 khaki (loanword)
2 khaki cloth, twill cotton fabric

Characters

咔

kǎ

(transliteration syllable)

叽

jī

(transliteration syllable; chirping sound)

Examples

他穿着一条咔叽裤。

Tā chuānzhe yì tiáo kǎjī kù.

He's wearing a pair of khaki trousers.

这件衣服是咔叽布做的。

Zhè jiàn yīfu shì kǎjī bù zuò de.

This garment is made of khaki cloth.

Tips

memory

Pure phonetic loan — 咔 (kǎ) + 叽 (jī) ≈ 'khaki'. Both characters here only carry sound, not meaning, which is why both have 口 (mouth) radicals signaling 'transliteration syllable'.

Stroke Order

咔 kā

叽 jī

Related Words

咔嗒 kādā

click / clatter / clack (onomatopoeia)

磨叽 mòji

to dawdle / to dilly-dally / to waste time being slow

咔 kā #13,211

(onomatopoeia) click; snap; crack / (used as phonetic 'ka')

叽里呱啦 jīlǐguālā #33,033

jabbering; chattering noisily; rattling on (in talk that's loud, fast, and often unintelligible)

咔嚓 kāchā #16,336

snap (sound) / click (sound) / breaking or snapping sound

叽 jī #14,995

chirp; squeak (onomatopoeia) / to grumble; to mutter

叽叽 jījī #23,342

chirp chirp (sound of small birds or insects) / twittering sound / squeaking

叽叽喳喳 jījīzhāzhā #18,434

chirping / twittering / chattering noisily

布 bù HSK 3 #1,729

cloth; fabric / to spread; to lay out / to announce; to declare

棉 mián HSK 6 #7,430

cotton / cotton-padded; quilted