咖啡

See also: 珈琲

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (咖啡)		咖	啡
simp. #(咖啡)		咖	啡
alternative forms		架非 obsolete 架菲 obsolete 架啡 obsolete 架飛／架飞 obsolete 加菲 obsolete 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 糕啤 Teochew

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
	ko-pi, ko-phi	Malay kopi (“coffee”)
	go1 bi5, gu1 bi5
Philippine	ka-pé	Tagalog kape (“coffee”)
Wu	kha fi (T1)	English coffee

Other pronunciations, such as Taiwanese Hokkien ka-pi, Taiwanese Hakka kâ-pî, gia¹ hui¹ and Eastern Min 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–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaa³ fe¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga¹ fie²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-pî
• Eastern Min (BUC): gă-pĭ
• Southern Min

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

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

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kha-fi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kafei
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa¹-fei¹
    • Yale: kā-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kafei
    • Palladius: кафэй (kafɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³ fe¹
    • Yale: ga fē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ fe¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ fé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³ fɛː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ga¹ fie²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³ fiɛ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-pî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga^ˊ bi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gă-pĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)βi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-pi
    • Tâi-lô: ka-pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'py
    • IPA (Taipei, 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 (Penang): /ko³³⁻²¹ pi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen, Singapore): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ pi³³/
  • (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
    • IPA (Philippines): /ka³³ pe⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gia¹ hui¹ / go¹ bi⁵ / gu¹ bi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia hui / ko pî / ku pî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia³³⁻²³ hui³³/, /ko³³⁻²³ pi⁵⁵/, /ku³³⁻²³ pi⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kha-fi
    • MiniDict: kha^平 fi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kha-fi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰa⁵⁵ fi²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 咖啡

1. coffee (Classifier: 杯)

   煮咖啡  ―  zhǔ kāfēi  ―  to make coffee

   濃咖啡／浓咖啡  ―  nóng kāfēi  ―  strong coffee

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

   特色咖啡  ―  tèsè kāfēi  ―  specialty coffee

   阿拉伯咖啡  ―  Ālābó kāfēi  ―  Arabian coffee

   我要喝杯咖啡提提神。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ yào hē bēi kāfēi tí tíshén. [Pinyin]

   I'd like a cup of coffee to refresh myself.

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

(deprecated template usage)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
咖	啡

Noun

咖啡

1. chữ Hán form of cà phê (“coffee”).