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猫屎咖啡

māo shǐ kā fēidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
"kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-b57656452ed7794f. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

貓屎咖啡 猫屎咖啡 [mao1 shi3 ka1 fei1] /"kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces/

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Other forms in these source records: 貓屎咖啡

  • 猫
    māo

    cat (CL:隻|只[zhī]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem

    máo

    used in 貓腰|猫腰[máo yāo]

  • 屎
    shǐ

    feces / excrement / a stool / (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)

  • 咖
    gā

    used in 咖喱[gā lí]

    kā

    (bound form) coffee / café (abbr. for 咖啡[kā fēi]) / (Tw) (bound form) type of person (esp. in entertainment contexts) (loanword from "cast") (as in 大咖[dà kā] and 怪咖[guài kā])

  • 啡
    fēi

    (used in loanwords for its phonetic value)

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