fēi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 syllable in 咖啡 (coffee)

Examples

HSK 3
Wǒ měitiān hē kāfēi.
I drink coffee every day.
HSK 3
Kāfēi jiā táng háishi jiā nǎi?
Coffee with sugar or milk?

Tips

usage
is only used in the word 咖啡 (coffee). Like , it has no independent meaning - the radical marks it as a phonetic character. Together, 咖啡 is a sound-based transliteration of the English word 'coffee.'

Components

radical
kǒu
mouth
Left mouth radical - the indexing radical. Marks as a sound-transcription character: the signals 'this character represents a syllable in a borrowed word.' Created specifically for the transcription 咖啡 'coffee,' pairing with on the left.
phonetic
fēi
not; wrong
Right supplies the sound fēi (an exact match), chosen purely for the syllable to render the second half of 咖啡 (coffee). The same phonetic appears in (arrange), (sad) and (generation). The 'wrong/not' meaning of plays no role here.

Stroke Order

fēi