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咖啡壶 (kā fēi hú) — coffee pot

Definition

noun
coffee pot
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 咖啡壶。
    Qǐng bǎ kā fēi hú fàng zài zhuō zi shàng.
    Please put the coffee pot on the table.
  • 咖啡壶。
    Zhè ge kā fēi hú néng zhuāng liù bēi kā fēi.
    This coffee pot can hold six cups of coffee.
  • 咖啡壶。
    Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng yòng kā fēi hú zhǔ kā fēi.
    I use the coffee pot to make coffee every morning.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

咖啡coffee
咖kā啡fēi
音译Transliteration
壶húpot

咖啡 names coffee and 壶 is a pot, so 咖啡壶 is a coffee pot.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
加
加jiā咖gā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part is 口, showing a mouth, and the right part is 加, which gives the sound jiā.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
非
非fēi啡
Same sound today

啡 combines 口 (mouth) with 非, which supplies the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Appears in
Kitchenware & Tableware

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