(fēi) - coffee (phonetic, bound) in Mandarin
fēiTraditional: 啡
Translation
coffee (phonetic, bound)
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound coined for transliteration: the mouth radical 口 marks it as a sound used in speech, and 非 (fei) supplies the pronunciation. It occurs only in 咖啡 (kafei), coffee.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 口 (mouth radical) + 非 (fei, phonetic)
Stroke order
啡
Examples
，。
One coffee, thank you.
。
He is drinking coffee.
。
Coffee is bitter.
。
Have a cup of coffee in the morning.
。
This coffee shop is very quiet.
啡 (fēi) is a phonetic character used almost exclusively in 咖啡 (kāfēi, coffee).
Appears in 1 word
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 啡.
Used in
Grammar articles
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Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
The Two 了 in Mandarin: Completion 了 After the Verb vs Change-of-State 了 at the End
Mandarin Modal Verbs: 会, 想, 要, 应该, 可以, 能 and the Future-Intent Words 打算, 准备
Mandarin Question Formation: 吗, V-Not-V, 还是, and the In-Situ Wh-Word System
Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything
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