咖啡

See also: 珈琲

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (咖啡)	咖	啡
simp. ^#(咖啡)	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

黑咖啡

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 Min Dong gă-pĭ, are likely literal pronunciations of the individual characters, inferred using the youbian dubian (有邊讀邊) method.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kāfēi
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄚㄈㄟ
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): кофе (kofi͡ə, III-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gaa³ fe¹, go³ bi¹
(Taishan, Wiktionary): ga¹ fie²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kâ-pî
(Meixian, Guangdong): ga¹ fi¹
Min Dong (BUC): gă-pĭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ko-pi / ko-phi / ka-pi / ka-pé
(Teochew, Peng'im): gia¹ hui¹ / go¹ bi⁵ / gu¹ bi⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): kha fi (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚㄈㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kafei
  - Wade–Giles: kʻa¹-fei¹
  - Yale: kā-fēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kafei
  - Palladius: кафэй (kafɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: кофе (kofi͡ə, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔ⁴⁴ fiə²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa³ fe¹, go³ bi¹
  - Yale: ga fē, go bī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ fe¹, go³ bi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga³ fé¹, go³ bi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³ fɛː⁵⁵/, /kɔː³³ piː⁵⁵/

Note: go3 bi1 - Kuala Lumpur, Singapore.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ga¹ fie²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³ fiɛ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-pî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga´ bi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ bi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ga¹ fi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ka⁴⁴ fi⁴⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gă-pĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁵ ^(pʰ-)βi⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kinmen, Singapore, Penang, rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-pi
  - Tâi-lô: ko-pi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'py
  - IPA (Penang): /ko³³⁻²¹ pi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen, Singapore): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ pi³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-phi
  - Tâi-lô: ko-phi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koiphy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² pʰi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-pi
  - Tâi-lô: ka-pi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ka'py
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-pé
  - Tâi-lô: ka-pé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ka'pea
  - IPA (Philippines): /ka³³ pe⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gia¹ hui¹ / go¹ bi⁵ / gu¹ bi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia hui / ko pî / ku pî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia³³⁻²³ hui³³/, /ko³³⁻²³ pi⁵⁵/, /ku³³⁻²³ pi⁵⁵/

Note:

gia1 hui1 - China;
go1 bi5 - Singapore.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: kha fi (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰa̱⁵⁵ fi²¹/

Noun

咖啡

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

Dialectal synonyms of 咖啡 (“coffee (beverage)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		咖啡
Mandarin	Taiwan	咖啡
	Jinan	咖啡
	Guilin	咖啡
	Malaysia	咖啡
	Singapore	咖啡
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	咖啡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咖啡
	Hong Kong	咖啡
	Macau	咖啡
	Taishan	咖啡
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	咖啡
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	咖啡
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	咖啡
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	咖啡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	咖啡
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	咖啡
	Móng Cái	咖啡
Gan	Lichuan	咖啡
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	咖啡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	咖啡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	咖啡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	咖啡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	咖啡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	咖啡
	Singkawang	咖啡
Min Dong	Singapore (Fuqing)	咖啡
Min Nan	Xiamen	咖啡
	Quanzhou	咖啡
	Zhangzhou	咖啡
	Tainan	咖啡
	Kinmen	咖啡
	Penang (Hokkien)	咖啡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	咖啡
	Manila (Hokkien)	咖啡
	Chaozhou	咖啡
	Shantou	咖啡
	Jieyang	咖啡
	Bangkok (Teochew)	咖啡
	Singapore (Teochew)	咖啡
	Batam (Teochew)	咖啡
	Pontianak (Teochew)	咖啡
	Haikou	咖啡, 咖啡茶
	Singapore (Hainanese)	咖啡
Wu	Shanghai	咖啡

Derived terms

一加二咖啡
三合一咖啡
冰咖啡 (bīngkāfēi)
即溶咖啡 (jíróng kāfēi)
咖啡仔
咖啡佬
咖啡冰
咖啡吧 (kāfēibā)
咖啡因 (kāfēiyīn)
咖啡妹
咖啡婊 (kāfēibiǎo)
咖啡室 (kāfēishì)
咖啡屋 (kāfēiwū)
咖啡店 (kāfēidiàn)
咖啡座
咖啡拉花 (kāfēi lāhuā)
咖啡杯 (kāfēibēi)
咖啡果 (kāfēiguǒ)
咖啡桌 (kāfēizhuō)
咖啡精 (kāfēijīng)
咖啡色 (kāfēisè)
咖啡豆 (kāfēidòu)
咖啡酸 (kāfēisuān)
咖啡醇 (kāfēichún)
清咖啡 (qīngkāfēi)
美式咖啡 (měishì kāfēi)

速溶咖啡 (sùróng kāfēi)
黑咖啡 (hēikāfēi)
凍咖啡／冻咖啡
咖啡伴侶／咖啡伴侣
咖啡內酯／咖啡内酯
咖啡壺／咖啡壶 (kāfēihú)
咖啡師／咖啡师 (kāfēishī)
咖啡廳／咖啡厅 (kāfēitīng)
咖啡機／咖啡机 (kāfēijī)
咖啡濾壓壺／咖啡滤压壶 (kāfēi lǜyāhú)
咖啡烏／咖啡乌
咖啡粉碎機／咖啡粉碎机 (kāfēi fěnsuìjī)
咖啡絲／咖啡丝
咖啡鐳／咖啡镭
咖啡館／咖啡馆 (kāfēiguǎn)
咖啡鹼／咖啡碱 (kāfēijiǎn)
愛爾蘭咖啡／爱尔兰咖啡 (ài'ěrlán kāfēi)
拿鐵咖啡／拿铁咖啡 (nátiě kāfēi)
掛耳咖啡／挂耳咖啡 (guà'ěr kāfēi)
掛耳式咖啡／挂耳式咖啡 (guà'ěrshì kāfēi)
濃咖啡／浓咖啡 (nóngkāfēi)
濃縮咖啡／浓缩咖啡 (nóngsuō kāfēi)
網路咖啡廳／网路咖啡厅
貓屎咖啡／猫屎咖啡 (māoshǐ kāfēi)
麝香貓咖啡／麝香猫咖啡 (shèxiāngmāo kāfēi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (咖啡):

→ Korean: 가배(咖啡) (gabae)

Others:

→ Zhuang: gahfeih

References

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)

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
咖	啡

Noun

咖啡: Nôm readings: cà phê[1][2]

Nôm form of cà phê (“coffee”).

References

Hồ (1976).
Trần (2004).

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

[btcn-2] Hồ (1976).

[gdhn-3] Trần (2004).