咖啡

		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

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

The donor languages of whom all ultimately trace back to Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).

咖啡

1. 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.

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.

Others:

• → Zhuang: gahfeih, gyahfeih

Hanja in this term
咖	啡

咖啡 • (gabae) (hangeul 가배)

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

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
咖	啡

咖啡: Nôm readings: cà phê^[1][2]

1. Nôm form of cà phê (“coffee”).