咖啡

See also: 珈琲

Chinese

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黑咖啡

Etymology

The pronunciations in different Chinese varieties originate from a variety of languages:

VarietyPronunciationDonor language and word
MandarinkāfēiFrench café (“coffee”)
Cantonesegaa3 fe1
Taishanesega1 fie2
Dungankofi͡əRussian ко́фе (kófe, “coffee”)
Cantonesego3 bi1Malay kopi (“coffee”)
Hokkienko-pi, ko-phi
Teochewgo1 bi5, gu1 bi5
Philippine Hokkienka-péTagalog kape (“coffee”)[1]
Shanghainesekhá-fiEnglish coffee

Other pronunciations, such as Taiwanese Hokkien ka-pi, Taiwanese Hakka kâ-pî, Teochew gia1 hui1 and Min Dong 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.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wugniu: 1kha-fi
      • Wiktionary Romanisation: 1kha-fi
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʰa⁵⁵ fi²¹/

Noun

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
    能取代咖啡的飲品 [MSC, trad.]
    能取代咖啡的饮品 [MSC, simp.]
    néng qǔdài kāfēi de yǐnpǐn [Pinyin]
    a drink that can replace 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.

Synonyms

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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
咖啡

Noun

咖啡 • (gabae) (hangeul 가배)

  1. Hanja form? of 가배 (“(archaic or in brand names) coffee”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
咖啡

Noun

咖啡: Nôm readings: cà phê[1][2]

  1. Nôm form of cà phê (“coffee”).

References
  1. Hồ (1976).
  2. Trần (2004).
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