咖啡 (kāfēi) — coffee

咖啡 (kāfēi)

Coffee, the popular hot beverage made from roasted coffee beans. 咖啡 is a phonetic transliteration of the English word "coffee."

Meanings

1. [noun] Coffee. A hot drink made from roasted and ground coffee beans.

Example Sentences

我喜欢喝咖啡。 Wǒ xǐhuān hē kāfēi. I like to drink coffee.

你要喝咖啡还是茶？ Nǐ yào hē kāfēi háishì chá? Do you want coffee or tea?

我每天早上喝一杯咖啡。 Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang hē yī bēi kāfēi. I drink a cup of coffee every morning.

这家咖啡馆的咖啡很好喝。 Zhè jiā kāfēiguǎn de kāfēi hěn hǎohē. The coffee at this café is very good.

Collocations

Memory Hook

咖啡 sounds almost exactly like the English word "coffee." Both characters use the mouth radical (口), hinting that this is a word for something you drink. Just say "ka-fei" and think of your morning cup.