卡哇伊 kǎ wā yī

cute; adorable; charming (loanword from Japanese)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. cute
  2. 2. adorable
  3. 3. charming (loanword from Japanese)

Characters

Character Meaning
卡 kǎ HSK 3
(loanword) card; (computing) (coll.) slow; to block
哇 wā HSK 6
replaces 啊a when following the vowel "u" or "ao"; Wow!
伊 yī
abbr. for 伊拉克yī lā kè, Iraq