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咖

gā
HSK 33 readings

“Coffee” in Chinese is 咖 (gā).

Other characters with the syllable ga: see all 2 →

Meaning

  • bound formcoffee; café (abbr. for 咖啡[ka1 fei1])
  • (Tw) (bound form) type of person (esp. in entertainment contexts) (loanword from "cast") (as in 大咖[da4 ka1] and 怪咖[guai4 ka1])
  • used in 咖喱[ga1 li2]

Example

他们爱咖啡。

They love coffee.

From 咖啡 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

  • gāused in 咖喱
  • kā(bound form) coffee; café (abbr. for 咖啡) / (Tw) (bound form) type of person (esp. in entertainment contexts) (loanword from "cast") (as in 大咖 and 怪咖)

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 咖

咖啡kāfēi(loanword) coffeeHSK 3

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