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Definition: An irreplaceable code-mixing term meaning to deliver a speech, as saying the Cantonese equivalent term '匯報' would sound too old school and non-colloquial.
Usage: E.g. 你幾時要present呀？ E.g. 今次份assignment難唔難present呀？
Reference: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers
Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers as a less dramatic way of displaying one's abilities and achievements so that it does not deliberately make others envy you.
Usage: E.g. 帶BB 去旅行根本滿足父母show off 私慾，"阿仔未夠一歲坐飛機，勁呢" (Taking a baby on a trip is really just about satisfying the parents' desire to show off—"My kid’s been on a plane before turning one; pretty impressive, right?")
Synonym: 炫耀
Reference: https://www.threads.com/@bae146/post/Dd45t-xklle/帶bb-去旅行根本滿足父母show-off-私慾阿仔未夠一歲坐飛機勁呢/
Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to bypassing or avoiding something quickly. It is also often less intentional and deliberate than the Cantonese equivalent term '跳過' and tends to be done without much thinking.
Usage: E.g. 正常人每日第一餐必定是早餐，若然經常skip，會打亂人體生物鐘及削弱身體機能，抵抗力自然變差。(For normal people, breakfast is always the first meal of the day. If you often skip it, it will disrupt your body's biological clock and weaken your bodily functions, naturally making your resistance weaker.)
Synonym: 跳過
Reference: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/記性差-原來關早餐事-044500693.html
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to meeting and spending time with people as a normal everyday activity without sounding so deliberate.
Usage: E.g. 有冇人其實唔想同同事social (Is there anyone who actually doesn't want to socialise with colleagues?)
Synonym: 社交; 交際
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3655725/page/2
