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Chinese symbol for “capoeira”

卡波耶拉
kǎ bō yē lā
capoeira (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for capoeira is 卡波耶拉 (kǎ bō yē lā), defined as: capoeira (loanword).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

卡 kǎ
card, punch card; calorie
radical 25 ⼘ · 5 strokes
波 bō
waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes
耶 yē
used in transliterations
radical 128 ⽿ · 9 strokes
拉 lā
to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卡波耶拉.

WordPinyinMeaning
信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
卡拉kǎ lākaraoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
卡车 (卡車)kǎ chētruck; 辆 (liàng)
卡通kǎ tōngcartoon (loanword)
卡片kǎ piàncard
银行卡 (銀行卡)yín háng kǎbank card
波动 (波動)bō dòngto undulate; to fluctuate
波音bō yīnmordent (music)
萨摩耶 (薩摩耶)sà mó yéSamoyed (dog)
阿拉ā lā(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our

See also: Japanese symbol for “capoeira”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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