Chinese symbol for “curry”
咖喱
gā lí
(loanword) curry
The closest CC-CEDICT match for curry is 咖喱 (gā lí), defined as: (loanword) curry.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “curry”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咖哩 | kā lǐ | (Tw) (loanword) curry; colloquial pr. [ga1li3] or [ga1li2] |
| 加哩 | jiā lǐ | (loanword) curry |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 咖喱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咖啡 | kā fēi | (loanword) coffee; measure word: 杯 (bēi) |
| 咖啡馆 (咖啡館) | kā fēi guǎn | café; coffee shop; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 咖啡店 | kā fēi diàn | café; coffee shop |
| 咖啡厅 (咖啡廳) | kā fēi tīng | coffee shop |
| 咖啡因 | kā fēi yīn | caffeine (loanword) |
| 啫喱 | zhě lí | (loanword) jelly; gel |
| 咖喱粉 | gā lí fěn | curry powder |
See also: Japanese symbol for “curry”.
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.