phone card; calling card
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
phone card; calling card; prepaid card for phone service
A physical card or digital credit used to pay for telephone calls, commonly used with public payphones or for making long-distance/international calls. It can be a prepaid card, credit card, or SIM card with a calling function.
Wǒ我
xū需
yào要
mǎi买
yī一
zhāng张
diàn电
huà话
kǎ卡
gěi给
jiā家
lǐ里
dǎ打
ge个
cháng长
tú途
diàn电
huà话
。
I need to buy a phone card to make a long-distance call home.
Zhè这
zhāng张
guó国
jì际
diàn电
huà话
kǎ卡
hái还
néng能
dǎ打
sān三
shí十
fēn分
zhōng钟
。
This international calling card still has thirty minutes left.
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Yǐ以
qián前
gōng公
yòng用
diàn电
huà话
tíng亭
páng旁
biān边
dōu都
yǒu有
mài卖
diàn电
huà话
kǎ卡
de的
。
In the past, phone cards were sold next to public phone booths.
Tā他
de的
shǒu手
jī机
tào套
cān餐
lǐ里
bāo包
hán含
yī一
zhāng张
fù副
kǎ卡
，
yě也
shì是
yī一
zhāng张
diàn电
huà话
kǎ卡
。
His mobile phone plan includes a secondary card, which is also a phone card.