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Hong Kong Code-mixing Dictionary
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blow water
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term that refers to chatting casually or bragging about something.
Usage: E.g. 收皮啦!唔好再blow water!
Synonym: 吹水
Reference:
https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
Native Hong Konger Code-mixing
2024-04-09
cut
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to hanging up the phone.
Usage: E.g. 又cut我電話?咩事呀? E.g. 呢D sales再打黎cut佢線得架喇。
Reference:
https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644
Native Hong Konger Code-mixing
2023-03-04
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