# 喝茶
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hēchá
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ ㄔㄚˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ho$^1$ ca$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hot$^3$ caa$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hah$^{4-5}$ ca$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hēchá
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ ㄔㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hechá
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^1$-chʻa$^2$
*** Yale: hē-chá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hechar
*** Palladius: хэча (xɛča)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ho$^1$ ca$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xoca
*** Sinological IPA : /xo⁵⁵ t͡sʰa²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hot$^3$ caa$^4$
*** Yale: hot chàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hot$^8$ tsaa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hod$^3$ ca$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːt̚³ t͡sʰaː²¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hah$^{4-5}$ ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡sʰa¹¹/

### Verb

喝⫽茶 (verb-object)
* to drink tea; to have some tea
       Yào hēchá zìjǐ dào a. [Pinyin]
       If you want some tea, help yourself.
* (figurative, euphemistic) to be taken in for questioning by a teacher or the police
* to betroth a girl

#### Synonyms

* (to drink tea):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 喝茶, 飲茶, 品茶, 品茗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 喝茶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 喝茶 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 喝茶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 喝茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 喝茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 喝茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 喝茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 喝茶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 喝茶, 吃茶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 喝茶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 喝茶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 喝茶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 喝茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 喝茶, 吃茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 喝茶, 灌茶 humorous, 灌消 offensive |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 吃茶, 喝茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 喝茶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 喝茶, 吃茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 吃茶, 喝茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 吃茶, 喝茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 吃茶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 喝茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 飲茶, 食茶 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 吃茶 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 飲茶 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 吃茶 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 吃茶 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 飲茶 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 吃茶 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 吃茶 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 吃茶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食茶, 啉茶 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 飲茶 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 飲茶 |
| Hakka | Changting | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 食茶 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 啉茶, 食茶 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 飲茶 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 飲茶 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 食茶 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 吃茶 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 吃茶, 喝茶 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 吃茶 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Linhe | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Jining | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Baotou | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 喝茶 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 喝茶 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 食茶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 食茶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 食茶 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 啉茶, 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 食茶, 啉茶 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 啉茶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 食茶, 啉茶 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 哈茶, 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 啉茶, 哈茶, 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 啉茶, 敲茶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 啉茶 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 啉茶 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 飲茶 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 食茶, 敲茶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 食茶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 食茶 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 飲茶 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 飲茶, 吃茶 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Danyang | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 吃茶 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 欱茶, 吃茶 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 吃茶 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吃茶 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 吃茶 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吃茶 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 吃茶 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 喝茶 |

#### See also

* 飲咖啡／饮咖啡 (“to be interrogated by the ICAC”) (similar euphemism in Hong Kong)
* 新婦茶／新妇茶