Chinese word

实体卡

Pronunciation

Pinyinshí tǐ kǎ

Meaning

  • nounphysical card

Example

我没有实体卡。wǒ méi yǒu shí tǐ kǎ

I don't have a physical card.

Illustration for 实体卡 (physical card)

More examples

请到窗口领取实体卡。qǐng dào chuāng kǒu líng qǔ shí tǐ kǎ

Please go to the window to pick up your physical card.

Core concept

The material version of a card that belongs in a wallet, pocket, or hand rather than only in a digital account.

Common phrases

  • 领取实体卡líng qǔ shí tǐ kǎ

    pick up a physical card

  • 保存实体卡bǎo cún shí tǐ kǎ

    keep a physical card

  • 带着实体卡dài zhe shí tǐ kǎ

    carry a physical card

Similar words

电子卡diàn zi kǎ: A card held in a device or app as digital information rather than as a physical object.
银行卡yín háng kǎ: A card linked to a bank account for payments at shops and cash withdrawals.
借记卡jiè jì kǎ: A card that uses money directly from a bank account for purchases and cash withdrawals.
信用卡xìn yòng kǎ: A card used for purchases with payment made later to the card company.

Definition in Chinese

指可以用手拿到、具有实物形态的卡片或卡状物，与虚拟卡或电子卡相对，常指银行卡、公交卡、会员卡等日常使用的实体卡。zhǐ ké yǐ yòng shǒu ná dào jù yǒu shí wù xíng tài de kǎ piàn huò kǎ zhuàng wù yǔ xū nǐ kǎ huò diàn zi kǎ xiāng duì cháng zhǐ yín háng kǎ gōng jiāo kǎ huì yuán kǎ děng rì cháng shǐ yòng de shí tǐ kǎ

Word origin

实体卡 (shítǐkǎ, "physical card") is formed from 实体 (shítǐ, "physical entity") and 卡 (kǎ, "card"), a direct combination that distinguishes a real object from a digital form.

Usage tips

  • The word is useful when a service has both a phone-based option and a card to carry, since the Chinese wording makes that contrast explicit without naming a particular kind of card.

Opposites

  • 虚拟卡xū nǐ kǎvirtual cardnoun

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