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Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to suggesting many ideas for a topic or activity very quickly.
Usage: E.g. 大家一齊brainstorm吓產品既idea。
Reference: https://www.story001.com/post-196.html
Definition: An Englishised code-mixing term used to describe someone who is so calm and relaxed like the almighty Buddha such that he or she does not have time to chase the opposite sex, but focuses on work and personal interests only. Sometimes, it is also used to describe someone who does not get angry easily when things happened.
Usage: E.g. Why don't you find a girlfriend? Are you the buddha-type person? E.g. *bump* That hurt when you bumped into me! But I'm okay, my friend!
Synonym: 佛系
Reference: https://www.localiiz.com/post/cantonese-slang-of-the-week-buddha-type
Definition: A code-mixing term that only upper class Hong Kongers know how to use to refer to a meal where people serve themselves the food because of the French origin of the word which makes it so hard to pronounce properly.
Usage: E.g. A: 放假不如食buffet呀？B: 你指蒲飛？(A: What about eating buffet during holiday? B: You mean po-fei?)
Synonym: 蒲飛
Reference: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/生日飯-餐廳-推介-推薦-生日餐廳-235652146.html
Definition: Often expressed in negative form, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a less direct way of rejecting someone's idea without saying they don't believe, accept or agree with that person.
Usage: E.g. 我暫時唔係好buy你個idea，不過我會諗諗。(I don't really buy your idea at the moment, but I will think about it.)
Synonym: 相信; 接受; 同意
Reference: https://words.hk/zidin/buy
Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid seeming as if you have almost forgotten to mention something.
Usage: E.g. By the way, 你可唔可以幫我搞掂埋呢份proposal? E.g. By the way, 你今晚幾時得閒呀?
Synonym: 順便講
Definition: 1. (noun) A word used instead of the Cantonese equivalent to denote the meaning of casual wear. 2. (verb) A word used to tell another person to be casual, informal, and relaxed. 3. (adj.) A word used to describe something as being informal, such as an event.
Usage: E.g. 同事: 聽日著casual得喇，知道嗎？ E.g. 今日食飯casual D得喇。(隨便) E.g. 我聽日要去個casual既聚會。(非正式)
Synonym: 隨便; 非正式
Reference: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese
Definition: Derived from 'tea restaurant', this is a romanised code-mixing term used by Hong Kong expats to refer to a popular type of restaurant that serves a wide variety of foods, which is said to be the essence of Hong Kong's culture. (Also char chaan teng, cha chaan tang.)
Usage: E.g. “Make no mistake, ‘cha chaan tangs’—literally translated as tea restaurants—are not where you go ‘yum cha’ and eat ‘dim sum’.”
Synonym: 茶餐廳
Definition: 1. A code-mixing term that refers to a payment for goods or services. 2. Often pronounced as '差廚' (caa1 cyu4), this is a code-mixing term that is used by Hong Kongers to refer to being charged for a crime.
Usage: E.g. 呢間餐廳有冇minimum charge？ E.g. 今次冇落charge？！真幸運！
Definition: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kong girls to refer to any sort of dishonest behaviour by men that is unforgivable.
Usage: E.g. 所以當我上網見到啲人寫嗰啲咩唔願意共咩苦，唔係我唔肯共患難，唔係我唔同甘共苦喎，而家係……佢cheat喎！(So when I saw some people's comments on the internet saying that we were not willing to share our suffering, it's not that I refused to share the hardships, it's not that I didn't share the joys and sorrows. It's that... he cheated!)
Synonym: 欺騙
Definition: (verb) A more suitable term for the Cantonese equivalent word '檢查', which sounds too formal and serious, like doing a body check.
Usage: E.g. 同我check吓份文件好嗎？
Synonym: 檢查
Reference: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch
