咖 (gaa3 | ka1 ga1) : (used in transliteration)

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咖

gaa3

ka1 ga1

[粵] gaa3 [國] ka1
used in phonetic transliteration, e.g. 咖啡 'coffee'

[粵] gaa3 [國] ga1
used in phonetic transliteration, e.g. 咖喱 'curry'

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

咖

This word has been viewed 10680 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Dec 2014 09:39

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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

咖喱 gaa3 lei1 ga1 li2 = curry

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
See all 41 compounds (CantoDict reports 44 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 咖

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

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.

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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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