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咖啡因

咖啡因

Chinese

		coffee	cause; reason; because
simp. and trad. (咖啡因)		咖啡	因

Noun

咖啡因

caffeine

Synonyms

咖啡鹼／咖啡碱 (kāfēijiǎn)

Etymology

Borrowing from English caffeine.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kāfēiyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄚㄈㄟㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ fe¹ jan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-pî-în
Min Nan (POJ): ka-pi-in

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāfēiyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚㄈㄟㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kafeiin
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa³ fe¹ jan¹
  - Yale: ga fē yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ fe¹ jan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑː³³ fɛː⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-pî-în
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga´ bi´ in´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ bi¹ in¹
  - IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴⁻¹¹ in²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-pi-in
  - Tâi-lô: ka-pi-in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ka'piyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ pi³³ in³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴⁴/