飲咖啡
Chinese
editdrink | coffee | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (飲咖啡) | 飲 | 咖啡 | |
simp. (饮咖啡) | 饮 | 咖啡 | |
Literally: “to drink coffee”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jam2 gaa3 fe1
- Yale: yám ga fē
- Cantonese Pinyin: jam2 gaa3 fe1
- Guangdong Romanization: yem2 ga3 fé1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐm³⁵ kaː³³ fɛː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
edit飲⫽咖啡 (verb-object)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 飲/饮, 咖啡.
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) to be interrogated by the ICAC
See also
edit- 喝茶 (hēchá, “to be taken in for questioning by the police”) (similar euphemism in Mandarin)