(kā) - coffee (phonetic, bound) in Mandarin
kāTraditional: 咖
Translation
coffee (phonetic, bound)
Word origin
A phono-semantic character coined for transliteration: the mouth radical 口 marks it as a sound-syllable, and 加 (jiā) supplies the sound, as in the borrowing 咖啡 (kāfēi, coffee).
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 口 (mouth radical) + 加 (jiā, phonetic)
Stroke order
咖
Examples
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I drink coffee.
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This coffee shop is nice.
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I like drinking coffee.
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I'll wait for you at the coffee shop.
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He likes drinking coffee.
咖 (kā) is a phonetic character used in 咖啡 (kāfēi, coffee) and 咖喱 (kālí, curry).
Appears in 1 word
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 咖.
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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