咖啡仔
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Chinese
| coffee | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (咖啡仔) | 咖啡 | 仔 | |
| simp. #(咖啡仔) | 咖啡 | 仔 | |
Etymology
From the brown uniform that traffic wardens in Hong Kong wear.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaa3 fe1 zai2
- Yale: ga fē jái
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaa3 fe1 dzai2
- Guangdong Romanization: ga3 fé1 zei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaː³³ fɛː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
咖啡仔
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) male traffic warden (especially a young one)
Synonyms
- (Hokkien) 白跤蹄