TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 詞
刷卡
ㄕㄨㄚ ㄎㄚˇ · shuākǎ
verb — to swipe a card (to pay by card, or to tap a card to enter)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
刷to brush, to swipe (刷牙)shuā
卡a card (here read kǎ, as in 卡片)kǎ
刷卡，刷牙的刷，卡片的卡。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
把「卡」往機器上一「刷」，就付了錢。
Brush (刷) the card (卡) across the machine — and it is paid.
關 · Related
付現fùxiànto pay cash — the other way to settle a bill