How to pronounce ka fei (咖啡) in Chinese

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咖啡

kā fēi

Characters & meanings

T1

coffee (in 咖啡)

fēiT1

coffee (in 咖啡)

Common mistake

Double first (1-1): a loanword, but resist English "COFF-ee" stress — both kā and fēi stay equally high and level, with an aspirated k up front.

Example sentence

我想喝咖啡。

Wǒ xiǎng hē kāfēi.

I want to drink coffee.

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