quán cà phê

Vietnamese

Etymology

quán (“kiosk, restaurant, store, house”) +‎ cà phê (“coffee”).

Pronunciation

Noun

quán cà phê

  1. coffee shop, coffee bar, coffee house, café, an establishment selling mostly non-alcoholic beverages (such as tea, coffee, smoothies, yoghurt, etc.), with a facility to consume them on the premises
    • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cuối mùa nhan sắc" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
      Ông già tạt vô quán càfê chú Tư Bụng, kêu: "Mấy đứa bưng cho tao năm trăm đồng trà nóng coi".
      The old man turned into Mr Tư Bụng's café and shouted, "Bring me five hundred đồng's worth of hot tea."
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