咖啡因

Chinese

		coffee	cause; reason; because
trad. (咖啡因)		咖啡	因
simp. #(咖啡因)		咖啡	因

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English caffeine.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāfēiyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚ ㄈㄟ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ fe¹ jan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-pî-în
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-pi-in

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāfēiyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄈㄟ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kafeiyin
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa¹-fei¹-yin¹
    • Yale: kā-fēi-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kafeiin
    • Palladius: кафэйинь (kafɛjinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³ fe¹ jan¹
    • Yale: ga fē yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ fe¹ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ fé¹ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³ fɛː⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-pî-în
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga^ˊ bi^ˊ in^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ bi¹ in¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pi²⁴⁻¹¹ in²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-pi-in
    • Tâi-lô: ka-pi-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'pi'yn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ pi³³ in³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁴⁴⁻²² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴⁴⁻³³ in⁴⁴/

Noun

咖啡因

1. caffeine

Synonyms

• 咖啡鹼／咖啡碱 (kāfēijiǎn)

Derived terms

• 無咖啡因／无咖啡因