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啡

fēi

HSK 2 Character

What 啡 means

1. (used in loanwords for its phonetic value)

Example sentences

• 咖啡吗？
  Coffee?
• 咖啡不好。
  The coffee is bad.
• 我爱咖啡。
  I love coffee.
• 咖啡好了。
  Coffee is ready.
• 咖啡很烫。
  The coffee is very hot.
• 喝点咖啡吗？
  Will you have some coffee?

Words starting with 啡

• 啡厅fēi tīngsee 咖啡厅

Words containing 啡

• 咖啡kā fēi(loanword) coffee
• 咖啡馆kā fēi guǎncafé; coffee shop
• 咖啡厅kā fēi tīngcoffee shop
• 咖啡屋kā fēi wūcoffee house; café
• 咖啡店kā fēi diàncafé; coffee shop
• 咖啡色kā fēi sècoffee color; brown
• 咖啡豆kā fēi dòucoffee beans
• 咖啡因kā fēi yīncaffeine (loanword)
• 咖啡壶kā fēi húcoffee pot; coffee maker
• 吗啡mǎ fēimorphine (loanword)
• 内啡素nèi fēi sùendorphin
• 冰咖啡bīng kā fēiiced coffee
• 咖啡室kā fēi shìcoffee shop
• 咖啡师kā fēi shībarista
• 咖啡机kā fēi jīcoffee machine; coffee maker
• 脑内啡nǎo nèi fēiendorphin
• 黑咖啡hēi kā fēiblack coffee
• 咖啡馆儿kā fēi guǎn rerhua form of 咖啡馆
• 拿铁咖啡ná tiě kā fēicaffè latte
• 摩卡咖啡mó kǎ kā fēimocha coffee
• 无咖啡因wú kā fēi yīndecaffeinated; decaf
• 瑞幸咖啡Ruì xìng Kā fēiLuckin Coffee, chain of coffee shops founded in Beijing in 2017
• 美式咖啡Měi shì kā fēicaffè americano
• 脱咖啡因tuō kā fēi yīndecaffeinated; decaf; see also 无咖啡因

Characters built on 非

These share the phonetic component 非 (fēi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 菲fēiluxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
• 悲bēisad; sadness; sorrow
• 斐fěiphonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
• 辈bèilifetime; generation; group of people
• 诽fěislander
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 腓féicalf of leg; decay; protect
• 翡fěiused in 翡翠

Characters that look like 啡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 畴chóuarable fields; cultivated field; class
• 唾tuòsaliva; to spit
• 喽lóu(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 喳chāused in 喳喳
• 唏xīsound of sobbing
• 喹kuíused in 喹啉

Sounds the same

Read fēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 飞to fly
• 非to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-
• 菲luxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
• 妃imperial concubine
• 绯dark red; purple silk
• 霏fall of snow
• 扉door with only one leaf
• 鲱Pacific herring
• 騑side horse (in a team of harnessed horses); horse
• 馡fragrant
• 䬠old variant of 霏