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Hong Kong Code-mixing Dictionary

A contemporary Cantonese-English dictionary


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Lunch

Definition: A fashionable way of referring to lunch in Cantonese. Usage: Eg. 喂,不如一齊食lunch呀?Eg. 放lunch想食D咩呀?Reference: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

printer

Definition: Often pronounced without the 'r' sounds and with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is an a lot more linguistically efficient way of referring to printer (打印機)in Cantonese. Usage: E.g. 內地人:個打印機喺邊呀? 香港人:咩話?三個字咁累贅。叫返printer啦唔該。Reference: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf