咖啡

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See also: 珈琲

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (咖啡)
simp. #(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 Malay borrowing
㗝啤 Malay borrowing
高丕 Hokkien (obsolete)
戈丕 Hokkien (obsolete)
糕啤 Teochew
 
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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
Dungan kofi͡ə Russian ко́фе (kófe, coffee)
Cantonese go3 bi1 Malay kopi (coffee)
Hokkien ko-pi, ko-phi
Teochew go1 bi5, gu1 bi5
Philippine Hokkien ka-pé Tagalog kape (coffee)[1]
Shanghainese khá-fi English coffee

Other pronunciations, such as Taiwanese Hokkien ka-pi, Taiwanese Hakka kâ-pî, Teochew gia1 hui1 and Eastern Min gă-pĭ, are likely literal pronunciations of the individual characters (cf. Japanese 珈琲), inferred using the youbian dubian (有邊讀邊) method.

The donor languages of whom all ultimately trace back to Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee).

Pronunciation


Note: go3 bi1 - Kuala Lumpur, Singapore.
Note:
  • gia1 hui1 - China;
  • go1 bi5 - Singapore.
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Noun

咖啡

  1. coffee (Classifier: )
    咖啡  ―  zhǔ kāfēi  ―  to make coffee
    咖啡咖啡  ―  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
    取代咖啡飲品 [MSC, trad.]
    取代咖啡饮品 [MSC, simp.]
    néng qǔdài kāfēi de yǐnpǐn
    a drink that can replace coffee
    咖啡提神 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Wǒ yào hē bēi kāfēi tí tíshén.
    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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (咖啡):
  • Korean: 가배(咖啡) (gabae)

Others:

References

  1. ^ Lim, Vicente (1941) Chinese-English-Tagalog-Spanish Business conversation and social contact with Amoy pronunciation, Manila: Poc Bon Book Co., page 114

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

咖啡 (gabae) (hangeul 가배)

  1. hanja form? of 가배 ((archaic or in brand names) coffee)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

咖啡: Nôm readings: cà phê[1][2]

  1. Nôm form of cà phê (coffee).

References