咖 (gaa3 | ka1 ga1) : used in transliteration

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咖

gaa3

ka1 ga1

used in phonetic transliteration e.g. 咖啡 'coffee', 咖喱 'curry'.

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

咖

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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咖啡 gaa3 fe1 ka1 fei1 = coffee; brown

咖啡精 gaa3 fe1 zing1 ka1 fei1 jing1 = instant coffee

咖啡色 gaa3 fe1 sik1 ka1 fei1 se4 = brown

咖啡妹 kaa3 fe1 mui6*1 ka1 fei1 mei4 = female traffic warden 粵

咖哩雞 gaa3 lei1 gai1 ga1 li1 ji1 = [1] chicken curry; [2] (slang) lovebite

咖哩 gaa3 lei1 = curry

咖啡店 gaa3 fe1 dim3 ka1 fei1 dian4 = coffee shop

咖啡屋 gaa3 fe1 uk1 ka1 fei1 wu1 = coffee shop

咖啡館 gaa3 fe1 gun2 ka1 fei1 guan3 = coffee shop

咖啡廳 gaa3 fe1 teng1 ka1 fei1 ting1 = coffee shop
See all 40 compounds (CantoDict reports 42 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 13 examples containing 咖

做咩你咁慢咖? 粵
Why are you so slow?

佢奉旨唔呃人咖！粵
He never lies!

乜你講話咁𪙛/lak1/𠸉/kak1/咖粵
How is it you speak with such a stutter

你加太少水就會煲燶飯咖。粵
If you add too little water, you will burn the rice.

教仔女要慢慢解釋道理，開硬弓唔得咖粵
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.

佢要啲裝修材料好溜咖粵
The materials that he wants for the renovation is very peculiar

人哋重係黃花閨女咖！粵
She's still a young and unmarried girl!

係真嘅，我可以誓願咖粵
It's true I swear!

等我試下你嘅咖喱係咪咁耍家先！粵
Let me try and see if your curry is really that accomplished.

舊底呢種玩具風靡一時，而家唔興咖啦粵
This type of toy was very fashionable and popular. Now it is no longer an 'in thing'.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 咖
Unicode code for this character: U+5496 (off-site link)

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