咖啡妹

咖啡妹

Chinese

		coffee	younger sister
simp. and trad. (咖啡妹)		咖啡	妹

Etymology

From the brown uniform that traffic wardens in Hong Kong wear.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ fe¹ mui^6-1

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³ fe¹ mui^6-1
    • Yale: ga fē mūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ fe¹ mui^6-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ fé¹ mui¹
    • IPA ^(key): /käː³³ fɛː⁵⁵ muːy̯²²⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

咖啡妹

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) female traffic warden

Related terms

• 咖啡仔
• 咖啡佬