飲咖啡

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jam² gaa³ fe¹

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/

Verb

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

喝茶 (hēchá, “to be taken in for questioning by the police”) (similar euphemism in Mandarin)

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