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咖啡
咖啡
See also: 珈琲
Etymology
For Mandarin and Cantonese, a borrowing from French café (“coffee”).
For Wu, a borrowing from English coffee.
For Hokkien ko-pi, ko-phi and Teochew go1 bi5, gu1 bi5, a borrowing from Malay kopi (“coffee”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-pî
- Min Dong (BUC): gă-pĭ
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): ka fi (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄈㄟ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kafei
- IPA (key): /kʰa̠⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gaa3 fe1
- Yale: ga fē
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaa3 fe1
- IPA (key): /kɑː³³ fɛː⁵⁵/
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- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ga1 fie2
- IPA (key): /ka³³ fiɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-pî
- Hakka Romanization System: ga´ bi´
- Hagfa Pinyim: ga1 bi1
- IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gă-pĭ
- IPA (key): /ka⁵⁵ (pʰ-)βi⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-pi
- Tâi-lô: ka-pi
- Phofsit Daibuun: ka'py
- IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kinmen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-pi
- Tâi-lô: ko-pi
- Phofsit Daibuun: koi'py
- IPA (Xiamen): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kɤ³³ pi³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-phi
- Tâi-lô: ko-phi
- Phofsit Daibuun: koiphy
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻²² pʰi⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gia1 hui1 / go1 bi5 / gu1 bi5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia hui / ko pî / ku pî
- IPA (key): /kia³³⁻²³ hui³³/, /ko³³⁻²³ pi⁵⁵/, /ku³³⁻²³ pi⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ka fi (T1)
- IPA (key): /kᴀ⁵⁵ fi²¹/
- (Shanghainese)