咖啡

See also: 珈琲

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (咖啡)		咖	啡
alt. forms		架非 obsolete 架菲 obsolete 加菲 obsolete 加非 obsolete 㗎啡 Cantonese 架非 obsolete 架菲 obsolete 加菲 obsolete 加非 obsolete 㗎啡 Cantonese 㗝呸 Hokkien 㗝啤 Hokkien

黑咖啡。

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): gaa³ fe¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga¹ fie²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-pî
• Min Dong (BUC): gă-pĭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ka-pi / ko-pi / ko-phi / ka-pé

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gia¹ hui¹ / go¹ bi⁵ / gu¹ bi⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): kha fi (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄈㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kafei
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³ fe¹
    • Yale: ga fē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ fe¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ fé¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑː³³ fɛː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ga¹ fie²
    • IPA ^(key): /ka³³ fiɛ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-pî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga´ bi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ bi¹
    • IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gă-pĭ
    • IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)βi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-pi
    • Tâi-lô: ka-pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'py
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kinmen, Singapore, Penang, rare in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-pi
    • Tâi-lô: ko-pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'py
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ pi³³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /ko³³⁻²¹ pi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-phi
    • Tâi-lô: ko-phi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koiphy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² pʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-pé
    • Tâi-lô: ka-pé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'pea
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gia¹ hui¹ / go¹ bi⁵ / gu¹ bi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia hui / ko pî / ku pî
    • IPA ^(key): /kia³³⁻²³ hui³³/, /ko³³⁻²³ pi⁵⁵/, /ku³³⁻²³ pi⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kha fi (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰa̱⁵⁵ fi²¹/

Noun

咖啡

1. coffee (Classifier: 杯)

   煮咖啡  ―  zhǔ kāfēi  ―  to make coffee

   濃咖啡 / 浓咖啡  ―  nóng kāfēi  ―  to strong coffee

   現磨咖啡 / 现磨咖啡  ―  xiànmó kāfēi  ―  freshly ground coffee

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

• 一加二咖啡
• 三合一咖啡
• 冰咖啡 (bīngkāfēi)
• 凍咖啡／冻咖啡
• 即溶咖啡 (jíróng kāfēi)
• 咖啡仔
• 咖啡伴侶／咖啡伴侣
• 咖啡佬
• 咖啡內酯／咖啡内酯
• 咖啡冰
• 咖啡吧
• 咖啡因 (kāfēiyīn)
• 咖啡壺／咖啡壶 (kāfēihú)
• 咖啡妹
• 咖啡婊 (kāfēibiǎo)
• 咖啡室 (kāfēishì)
• 咖啡屋 (kāfēiwū)
• 咖啡師／咖啡师
• 咖啡店 (kāfēidiàn)
• 咖啡座
• 咖啡廳／咖啡厅 (kāfēitīng)
• 咖啡杯 (kāfēibēi)
• 咖啡果

• 咖啡桌 (kāfēizhuō)
• 咖啡機／咖啡机 (kāfēijī)
• 咖啡濾壓壺／咖啡滤压壶 (kāfēi lǜyāhú)
• 咖啡烏／咖啡乌 (kāfēiwū)
• 咖啡粉碎機／咖啡粉碎机 (kāfēi fěnsuìjī)
• 咖啡精 (kāfēijīng)
• 咖啡色 (kāfēisè)
• 咖啡豆 (kāfēidòu)
• 咖啡酸
• 咖啡醇
• 咖啡館／咖啡馆 (kāfēiguǎn)
• 咖啡鹼／咖啡碱 (kāfēijiǎn)
• 愛爾蘭咖啡／爱尔兰咖啡 (ài'ěrlán kāfēi)
• 拿鐵咖啡／拿铁咖啡 (nátiě kāfēi)
• 清咖啡 (qīngkāfēi)
• 濃咖啡／浓咖啡 (nóngkāfēi)
• 濃縮咖啡／浓缩咖啡 (nóngsuō kāfēi)
• 網路咖啡／网路咖啡
• 美式咖啡 (měishì kāfēi)
• 貓屎咖啡／猫屎咖啡 (māoshǐ kāfēi)
• 速溶咖啡 (sùróng kāfēi)
• 麝香貓咖啡／麝香猫咖啡 (shèxiāngmāo kāfēi)
• 黑咖啡 (hēikāfēi)