咖啡
See also: 珈琲
Chinese
phonetic | |||
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simp. and trad. (咖啡) |
咖 | 啡 | |
variant forms | 架非 obsolete 架菲 obsolete 架啡 obsolete 架飛/架飞 obsolete 加菲 obsolete 加非 obsolete 加啡 obsolete 茄啡 obsolete 迦非 obsolete 考非 obsolete 喀非 obsolete 㗎啡 Cantonese 㗝呸 Hokkien 㗝啤 Hokkien |
Etymology
The pronunciations in different Chinese varieties originate from a variety of languages:
Variety Pronunciation Donor language and word Mandarin kāfēi French café (“coffee”) Cantonese gaa3 fe1 Taishanese ga1 fie2 Hokkien ko-pi, ko-phi Malay kopi (“coffee”) Teochew go1 bi5, gu1 bi5 Philippine Hokkien ka-pé Tagalog kape (“coffee”) Wu kha fi (T1) English coffee
Other pronunciations, such as Taiwanese Min Nan ka-pi, Taiwanese Hakka kâ-pî, Teochew gia1 hui1 and Min Dong gă-pĭ, are likely literal pronunciations of the individual characters, inferred using the youbian dubian method.
Pronunciation
Noun
咖啡
Usage notes
Just like the English term coffee, 咖啡 can refer to coffee generically, as well as coffee beans, ground coffee, coffee powder or a cup of coffee specifically. See the derived terms listed below for these specific terms.
Derived terms
Derived terms from 咖啡
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