咖啡因
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Chinese
| coffee | cause; reason; because | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (咖啡因) | 咖啡 | 因 | |
| simp. #(咖啡因) | 咖啡 | 因 | |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English caffeine.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa3 fe1 jan1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-pî-în
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-pi-in
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄈㄟ ㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kafeiyin
- Wade–Giles: kʻa1-fei1-yin1
- Yale: kā-fēi-yīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kafeiin
- Palladius: кафэйинь (kafɛjinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰä⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaa3 fe1 jan1
- Yale: ga fē yān
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaa3 fe1 jan1
- Guangdong Romanization: ga3 fé1 yen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaː³³ fɛː⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-pî-în
- Hakka Romanization System: gaˊ biˊ inˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ga1 bi1 in1
- Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴⁻¹¹ in²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Noun
咖啡因