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咖啡店 (kā fēi diàn) — coffee shop

Definition

noun
coffee shop
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 咖啡店。
    Wǒ cháng qù fù jìn de kā fēi diàn hē kā fēi.
    I often go to a nearby coffee shop to drink coffee.
  • 咖啡店。
    Zhè jiā kā fēi diàn de kā fēi hěn hǎo hē.
    The coffee at this coffee shop is very good.
  • 咖啡店。
    Wǒ hé péng you zài kā fēi diàn jiàn miàn.
    I meet my friend at the coffee shop.

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
店diànshop

咖啡 (coffee) and 店 (shop) together name a shop that sells coffee.

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.

Open 咖 →

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.

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
广广guǎnghouse built to depend on a cliff
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn店diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

店 shows 广, a house built to depend on a cliff, and 占, which gives the sound.

Open 店 →
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Dining & Restaurants

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