粵

咖gaa3啡fe1因jan1

gaa3 fe1 jan1kā fēi yīn

English

  1. caffeine (loanword)
  2. caffeine

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種中樞神經興奮劑,能夠暫時驅走睡意並恢復精力;一般可以喺咖啡、茶、能量飲品、汽水、朱古力等等入面揾到

Examples

  • 唔喇,我夜晚飲有咖啡因嘅嘢會瞓唔着。

    No, thanks. I can't sleep if I drink caffeinated stuff at night.

  • 湯姆對咖啡因有依賴,是嗎?

    Tom has a caffeine dependency, doesn't he?

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 你剛進食了那麼多咖啡因還睡得了覺嗎?

    Will you be able to sleep with all that caffeine you've just had?

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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