咖啡仔

Chinese

		coffee	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (咖啡仔)		咖啡	仔
simp. #(咖啡仔)		咖啡	仔

Etymology

From the brown uniform that traffic wardens in Hong Kong wear.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ fe¹ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³ fe¹ zai²
    • Yale: ga fē jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ fe¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ fé¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³ fɛː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

咖啡仔

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) male traffic warden (especially a young one)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 白跤蹄

Related terms

• 咖啡妹
• 咖啡佬