| 一卡通 |
Yī kǎ tōng |
the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan) |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 卡 |
kǎ |
to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:张,片 / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里) / cassette |
| 卡 |
qiǎ |
to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3] |
| 卡通 |
kǎ tōng |
cartoon (loanword) |
| 通 |
tōng |
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 |
tòng |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |