Chinese symbol for “coffee”
咖啡
kā fēi
(loanword) coffee; measure word: 杯 (bēi)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coffee is 咖啡 (kā fēi), defined as: (loanword) coffee; measure word: 杯 (bēi).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “coffee”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咖 | kā | (bound form) coffee; café (abbr. for 咖啡 (kā fēi)); (Tw) (bound form) type of person (esp. in entertainment contexts) (loanword from "cast") (as in 大咖 (dà kā) and 怪咖 (guài kā)) |
| 咖逼 | kā bī | (coll.) coffee (loanword) (Tw) |
| 噶霏 | gá fēi | coffee (loanword) (old) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 咖啡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咖啡馆 (咖啡館) | kā fēi guǎn | café; coffee shop; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 咖啡店 | kā fēi diàn | café; coffee shop |
| 咖啡厅 (咖啡廳) | kā fēi tīng | coffee shop |
| 咖啡因 | kā fēi yīn | caffeine (loanword) |
| 咖喱 | gā lí | (loanword) curry |
| 吗啡 (嗎啡) | mǎ fēi | morphine (loanword) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “coffee”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.