啡

啡

啡 U+5561, 啡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5561 ← 啠 [U+5560] CJK Unified Ideographs 啢 → [U+5562]

Translingual

Han character

啡 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口中一卜 (RLMY), four-corner 6101₁, composition ⿰口非)

References

• KangXi: page 1382, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3874
• Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 639, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5561

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Chinese

trad.		啡
simp. #		啡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (非) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
啡	*pʰɯːlʔ
排	*brɯːl
俳	*brɯːl
輫	*brɯːl, *buːl
悲	*prɯl
棑	*breː, *brɯːls
輩	*puːls
裴	*buːl, *bɯl
徘	*buːl
琲	*buːlʔ
痱	*buːlʔ, *pɯds, *bɯl, *bɯls
非	*pɯl
扉	*pɯl
緋	*pɯl
猆	*pɯl
斐	*pɯl, *pʰɯlʔ
馡	*pɯl
騑	*pɯl, *pʰɯl
誹	*pɯl, *pɯlʔ, *pɯls
餥	*pɯl, *pɯlʔ
匪	*pɯlʔ
棐	*pɯlʔ
蜚	*pɯlʔ, *bɯls
篚	*pɯlʔ
榧	*pɯlʔ
鯡	*pɯls
霏	*pʰɯl
菲	*pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls
婔	*pʰɯl
裶	*pʰɯl
悱	*pʰɯlʔ
奜	*pʰɯlʔ
腓	*bɯl, *bɯls
陫	*bɯlʔ
屝	*bɯls
厞	*bɯls
翡	*bɯls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰɯːlʔ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēi (fei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): fe¹, fei¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fie²

• Gan (Wiktionary): fi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pî / fî
• Min Dong (BUC): bĭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pi / hui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): fi (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fei
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹
    • Yale: fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fei
    • Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fe¹, fei¹
    • Yale: fē, fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fe¹, fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fé¹, féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɛː⁵⁵/, /fei̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fie²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fiɛ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɨi⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî / fî
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi´ / fi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹ / fi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴/, /fi²⁴/

Note:

• pî - used in 咖啡;
• fî - used in 嗎啡.

• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi / hui
    • Tâi-lô: pi / hui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py, huy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴/, /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³/, /hui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴/, /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴/, /hui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴/, /hui⁴⁴/

Note:

• pi - colloquial (used in 咖啡);
• hui - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: fi (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fi⁵³/

Definitions

啡

1. Used in transcription.

   咖啡  ―  kāfēi  ―  coffee

   嗎啡／吗啡  ―  mǎfēi  ―  morphine

2. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 咖啡 (kāfēi, “coffee”).

   齋啡／斋啡 [Cantonese]  ―  zaai¹ fe¹ [Jyutping]  ―  black coffee

3. (～色) (chiefly Cantonese) brown

Compounds

咖啡 (kāfēi) 啡咖 啡色 (fēisè)

啡走 (fēizǒu) 茄哩啡 凍啡／冻啡

嗎啡／吗啡 (mǎfēi) 齋啡／斋啡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pèi (pei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pèi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei⁴
    • Yale: pèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pey
    • Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰʌi^X/

Rime
Character	啡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	匹愷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰəiX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰəjX/
Li Rong	/pʰᴀiX/
Wang Li	/pʰɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	poi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	啡
Reading #	1/1
No.	3063
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	啡
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯːlʔ/
Notes	集韻普亥切

Definitions

啡

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pái (pai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pái
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pái
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²
    • Yale: pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair
    • Palladius: пай (paj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵/

Definitions

啡

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Pronunciation

• Min Dong (BUC): puói

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• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: puói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/

Definitions

啡

1. (Min Dong, dialectal Hakka) to spit

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吐 (“to spit”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吐
Mandarin	Beijing	吐
	Taiwan	吐
	Jinan	吐
	Wanrong	吐
	Xi'an	吐
	Xining	吐
	Wuhan	吐
	Chengdu	吐
	Guiyang	吐
	Xuzhou	吐
	Yangzhou	吐
	Nanjing	吐
	Hefei	吐
	Singapore	吐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吐, 𦧲
	Hong Kong	吐, 𦧲
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	𦧲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	吐
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	吐
	Taishan	吐, 𦧲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	吐
Gan	Nanchang	吐
	Lichuan	吐
	Pingxiang	吐
Hakka	Meixian	唾, 哯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	吐
	Wengyuan	啡
	Liannan	吐
	Jiexi	啡
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	啡
	Changting	吐
	Wuping (Yanqian)	啡
	Ninghua	吐
	Ningdu	吐
	Tonggu (Sandu)	吐
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	吐
	Dayu	吐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	哯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	哯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	哯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	哯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	哯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	吐, 哯
	Hong Kong	吐
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	啡
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	吐
	Xinyi (Sihe)	啡
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	啡
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	啡
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	吐
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	啡
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	啡
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	唾
	Mengshan (Xihe)	吐
	Senai (Huiyang)	呸
Huizhou	Jixi	吐
Jin	Taiyuan	吐
Min Bei	Jian'ou	吐
Min Dong	Fuzhou	啡
	Changle	啡
	Fuqing	啡
	Yongtai	啡
	Gutian	啡
	Fu'an	啡
	Ningde	啡
	Shouning	啡
	Zhouning	啡
	Fuding	啡
Min Nan	Xiamen	呸
	Quanzhou	呸
	Yongchun	呸
	Zhangzhou	呸
	Taipei (Wanhua)	呸
	Kaohsiung	呸
	Yilan	呸
	Changhua (Lukang)	呸
	Taichung	呸
	Taichung (Wuqi)	呸
	Tainan	呸
	Taitung	呸
	Hsinchu	呸
	Penghu (Magong)	呸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	呸
	Manila (Hokkien)	呸
	Chaozhou	呸
	Jieyang	呸
	Bangkok (Teochew)	吐
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	吐
	Leizhou	吐
	Haikou	呸
Wu	Suzhou	吐
	Danyang	吐
	Wenzhou	吐
Xiang	Changsha	吐
	Shuangfeng	吐

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 啡 – see 淝 (“(Cantonese) to spray, to shoot”). (This character, 啡, is a variant form of 淝.)

References

• “啡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

啡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): はい (hai), へ (he), ひ (hi)
• Kun: いびき (ibiki), つば (tsuba)

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Korean

Hanja

啡 • (bae, bi) (hangeul 배, 비, revised bae, bi, McCune–Reischauer pae, pi)

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