茄哩啡

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (茄哩啡)		茄	哩	啡
simp. ^#(茄哩啡)		茄	哩	啡
alternative forms		茄喱啡咖哩啡咖喱啡

Etymology

Borrowed from English carefree.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ke¹ le¹ fe¹ / ke¹ le¹ fei¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ke¹ le¹ fe¹ / ke¹ le¹ fei¹
  - Yale: kē lē fē / kē lē fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ke¹ le¹ fe¹ / ke¹ le¹ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ké¹ lé¹ fé¹ / ké¹ lé¹ féi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː⁵⁵ lɛː⁵⁵ fɛː⁵⁵/, /kʰɛː⁵⁵ lɛː⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

茄哩啡 (Cantonese)

extra (person engaged temporarily to fill out a crowd scene in a film or play)
(figuratively) one who is unimportant or insignificant

Synonyms

臨時演員／临时演员 (línshí yǎnyuán), 群眾演員／群众演员 (qúnzhòng yǎnyuán), 臨記／临记, 路人甲 (lùrénjiǎ)

Descendants

→ English: calefare