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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kā | ka1
English translation
coffee
class
grade
coffee; used in transliterations

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口加

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Jiā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and Jiā represents the sound.

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那天 nà tiān 晚上 wǎnshang 早些 zǎo xiē 时候 shíhou 的确 díquè shì chī le tài duō xiāng 咖喱 gā lí le .

He did have too much spiced curry chicken earlier that evening.

可以 kěyǐ 尝尝这道咖喱 gā lí cài ,看看 kàn kan gòu 不够 bù gòu .

You can taste the curry to see if it's hot enough.

yǒu 咖喱 gā lí de cài pèi 米饭 mǐfàn zuì bàng .

Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.

Jiā táng dào 咖啡 kāfēi Zhōng ,直至 zhí zhì gòu tián 为止 wéi zhǐ .

Add sugar into coffee until it is sweat enough.

霍华德 Huò huá dé 昨晚 zuó wǎn chī le tài duō de xiāng 咖喱 gā lí le .

Dwight Howard had too much spicy curry chicken last night.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
咖啡 kāfēi coffee (loanword)咖啡 kāfēi
coffee
咖啡店 kā fēi diàn café咖啡店 kā fēi diàn
咖喱 gā lí curry (loanword)咖喱 gā lí
咖啡因 kā fēi yīn caffeine (loanword)咖啡因 kā fēi yīn
咖啡馆 kā fēi guǎn café咖啡館
咖啡厅 kā fēi tīng coffee shop咖啡廳
咖啡色 kā fēi sè brown咖啡色 kā fēi sè
咖啡豆 kā fēi dòu coffee beans咖啡豆 kā fēi dòu
咖啡壶 kā fēi hú coffee pot咖啡壺
咖哩 kā li curry (loanword)咖哩 kā li
咖啡屋 kā fēi wū café咖啡屋 kā fēi wū
咖喱粉 gā lí fěn curry powder咖喱粉 gā lí fěn

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Decomposition

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