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Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to express worry about something.
Usage: E.g. 最近公司既野收入令到我好concern。
Reference: https://www.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/職場英語-盤點辦公室改不掉的中英夾雜-double-comfirm是錯的/1301-25515
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something happening or behaving the same way as before over time.
Usage: E.g. 我：‘I need to stay consistent!’ 講英文人：Consistent 廣東話係乜嘢？(Me: I need to stay consistent! English speaker: What is consistent in Cantonese?)
Synonym: keep住
Reference: https://www.threads.com/@tracywongdc/post/DE-HfeUuJEx
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to giving or providing something, in order to help achieve a goal.
Usage: E.g. 麻煩大家contribute一吓個discussion。
Synonym: 貢獻
Reference: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a duplicate of something, such as a document.
Usage: E.g. 份document整多幾份copy黎呀，唔該。
Synonym: 副本
Definition: A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to counting down on New Year’s Eve because they were never familiar with anything related to ‘數' since they never attended local schools that taught difficult Math in Chinese.
Usage: E.g. New Year’s Eve嗰日你會去邊到count down? (Where will you go for count down on New Year's Eve?)
Synonym: 倒數
Reference: https://www.esquirehk.com/lifestyle/east-hong-kong-sugar-anime-skyline-countdown-to-2026-party
Definition: Pronounced as 'kaahn-taah' with a long back vowel and rising intonation, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a cashier's counter, information desk or service counter.
Usage: E.g. 小弟係個賣game仔，話說我今日放飯果陣緊係出去食飯啦，咁個counter緊係冇人啦 (I'm a game seller, and of course I went out to have lunch during my lunch break today, so there was no one looking after the counter.)
Synonym: 收銀處; 客戶服務中心; 櫃檯
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/740067/page/1
Definition: (verb) A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they ask whether one has enough money for expense rather than having sufficient money itself.
Usage: E.g. 今個月cov唔cover到租金? (Can you cover the rent this month?)
Synonym: 足夠支付
Reference: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/詞典/英語-漢語-繁體/cover
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the recognition and praise given to someone for something that they did, which is more appropriate to use for small bits of work.
Usage: E.g. A: 佢食一啖話好難食，我嬲嬲地成個蛋掉撚咗。個時我中二，不過我而家自己開鋪賣蛋糕。B: 可能就係咁造就你而家做得咁出色 A:又要比返credit佢？我意思係人哋點踩你都好（even最親嘅人）(E.g. A: He took a bite and said it tasted bad. Then I threw away the whole cake angrily. I was in secondary two at that time. However, I now run my own shop selling cakes. B: Maybe that's why you're so successful now. A: And I have to give him credit? I mean it doesn’t matter how people step on you (even your closest ones).)
Synonym: 功勞
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
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to strongly express promise in doing something when the other person does not believe in you. (批個頭比你當凳坐)
Usage: E.g. If I don't return my money back to you by tomorrow, then I cut my head and let you sit on it as a chair!!!
Synonym: 批個頭比你當凳坐
Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,139574,139575