咖啡館常連 (kāfēiguǎn cháng lián) - café regular
Grammar & Usage
How it works
A compound noun combining '咖啡館' (café) with '常連' (regular/patron, a borrowing from Japanese '常連' / jōren). It functions as a nominal predicate or object referring to a habitual customer. In standard Chinese, '咖啡館常客' is the traditional equivalent, but '常連' is often used in modern literary, youth, or Japanese-influenced contexts.
Sample sentences
他每天下午都在同一個角落寫作，早已成了這家咖啡館的常連。
He writes in the exact same corner every afternoon and has long become a regular at this café.
作為這家咖啡館的常連，店員不用等他開口就知道他要點什麼。
As a regular of this café, the staff knows what he wants to order before he even speaks.
雨天的午後，這家隱蔽的咖啡館裡只有幾位熟識的常連客。
On a rainy afternoon, there were only a few familiar regulars inside this hidden café.
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Example
他每天下午都在同一個角落寫作，早已成了這家咖啡館的常連。
He writes in the exact same corner every afternoon and has long become a regular at this café.
作為這家咖啡館的常連，店員不用等他開口就知道他要點什麼。
As a regular of this café, the staff knows what he wants to order before he even speaks.
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