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Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to the wire that melts when the electric current exceeds the safe level in a device.
Usage: E.g. 唔好chur到部機咁行，如果咪燒fuse屎架。Synonym: 燒fuse, 燒保險絲Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3579513/page/2
Definition: Often used as '嘥gas', this is a code-mixing term that is used by native Hong Kongers to refer to wasting one's efforts.
Usage: E.g. 你唔洗嘥gas，佢唔會聽你講。Synonym: 嘥gas，白費功夫Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW0x5-SyI4o
Definition: Often used as '散band', this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to dismissing after an event, such as a party.
Usage: E.g. 今晚幾點散band?Synonym: 解散Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW0x5-SyI4o
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to sending a copy of an email message to another recipient.
Usage: E.g. 份email記住cc埋比所有人。Synonym: 抄送
Definition: Pronounced with a rising intonation on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to doing something at exactly the right time, such as a love relationship.
Usage: E.g. 其實愛情都幾講timing。有時要搵啱個timing先可以喺埋一齊。Synonym: 時機Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/60469/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to describe something that is not yet done or paid.
Usage: E.g. 依家仲有咩case係outstanding?Synonym: 未解決
