新加坡华语资料库

本资料库收录了具有文化、历史或情感意义的华语词汇。这些词汇是新加坡人过去或现在的生活用语,有的见于印刷媒体,有的则在日常对话中使用。

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kopi-o

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食物、植物

Food / Plants

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kopi-o

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Food/Plants

食物、植物

Food / Plants

释义

名词

加了糖的无奶黑咖啡。

DEFINITION

Noun

Black coffee without milk, with sugar added.

由来
  • 英语 “black coffee” 的音译兼意译。
  • 咖啡是 “coffee” 的音译,而 “乌” 在福建话和潮州话中指黑色,即 “black” 的意译。
  • 在新加坡人的日常口语中,一般将咖啡乌称之为 “Kopi-O”。 Kopi 是咖啡的马来语读音,而 O 则是标注了福建话和潮州话中 “乌” 的读音。
ETYMOLOGY
  • The Mandarin term “咖啡乌” is both the transliteration and paraphrase of the English term “black coffee”.
  • 咖啡” is the transliteration of “coffee”, while “” means black in the Hokkien and Teochew dialects.
  • In the everyday speech of Singaporeans, “咖啡乌” is usually called “kopi-o”. Kopi is the way “coffee” is pronounced in Malay, and “o” is the way “” is pronounced in the Hokkien and Teochew dialects.

 

例句
和附近食阁或咖啡店一杯咖啡乌要价至少一元的价格相比,五毛钱咖啡乌便宜了一半,因此吸引了附近的居民光顾。(《联合早报》, 19/03/2019)
SAMPLE SENTENCE
Compared to the price of at least a dollar for a cup of kopi-o at a nearby food court or coffee shop, a cup of 50-cent kopi-o costs half that price, thus attracting the patronage of nearby residents. (Lianhe Zaobao, 19/3/2019)
其他地区用语

黑咖啡 (大陆)

TERMS USED IN OTHER REGIONS

黑咖啡 (Mainland China)

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