Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced ca

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced ca, including 擦 cā. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.

How to Pronounce This Syllable

To say ca, use a flat-tongue c, slide into a, and lay the tone on top — it is one sound, not the letters read separately.

Flat tongue with strong aspiration.

Settle the final a into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.

Only one common character is read ca (擦 cā) — focus on locking in its tone.

ca turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

Taking the 1st tone here: 擦 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

Seeing ca inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.

1 common character in this group.