咖啡伴侣

咖啡伴侶

kāfēibànlǚ

noun

Measure Word

一包咖啡伴侣 bāo

Meanings

1 coffee creamer
2 non-dairy creamer
3 Coffee-mate (Nestlé brand)

Characters

(syllable in 咖啡 coffee)

(syllable in 咖啡 coffee)

companion; to accompany

companion; partner

Examples

我喝咖啡的时候喜欢加一点咖啡伴侣。

Wǒ hē kāfēi de shíhou xǐhuān jiā yīdiǎn kāfēi bànlǚ.

I like to add a bit of coffee creamer when I drink coffee.

超市里有好几种品牌的咖啡伴侣。

Chāoshì lǐ yǒu hǎo jǐ zhǒng pǐnpái de kāfēi bànlǚ.

The supermarket carries several brands of coffee creamer.

Tips

culture

Originally the Chinese product name for Nestlé's Coffee-mate (introduced to China in the 1990s); 咖啡伴侣 "coffee companion" became so successful as a translation that it now functions as the generic term for any non-dairy creamer, the way "Kleenex" went generic in English.

In Pop Culture

雀巢 Quècháo

Nestlé

Swiss food giant whose Coffee-mate product (locally branded 咖啡伴侣) gave the term its mass-market footprint in mainland China.

Stroke Order

咖 kā

啡 fēi

伴 bàn

侣 lǚ