咖啡妹

Chinese

		coffee	younger sister
simp. and trad. (咖啡妹)		咖啡	妹

Etymology

From the brown uniform that traffic wardens in Hong Kong wear.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ fe¹ mui^6-1

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa³ fe¹ mui^6-1
  - Yale: ga fē mūi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ fe¹ mui^6-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga³ fé¹ mui¹
  - IPA ^(key): /käː³³ fɛː⁵⁵ muːy̯²²⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

咖啡妹

(Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) female traffic warden

Related terms

咖啡仔
咖啡佬

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