飲咖啡

Chinese

		drink	coffee
trad. (飲咖啡)		飲	咖啡
simp. (饮咖啡)		饮	咖啡
Literally: “to drink coffee”.

Etymology

When a suspect is interrogated by ICAC, the staff would usually provide them with a cup of coffee of ask them if they would like a cup of coffee.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam² gaa³ fe¹

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• 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)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 飲 / 饮,‎ 咖啡.
2. (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)