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

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

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

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 白跤蹄

Related terms

咖啡妹
咖啡佬

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