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Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students like use to refer to highlighting important information with a highlighter pen. (瑩光筆）
Usage: E.g. 學生：等我highlight句野先，方便溫書嗰陣時。 老師：考試時記住帶返支highlighter。冇既就要underline架喇。
Reference: https://www.weekendhk.com/weekspecial/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-香港人-ctb081-hc-1413297/3/
Definition: A code-mixing term used to refer to holding something physically (揸), but with the meaning of waiting for the return of something as well.
Usage: E.g. Hold住個電話先。 E.g. 個project兒家hold住左，因為要同個客傾返好先。
Synonym: 揸
Reference: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644
Definition: A code-mixing phrase that real ABC's like to use to show that they are friendly and easy to talk to. Sometimes, a 'man' is added to the end of the phrase for emphasis.
Usage: E.g. 喂，how's it going？近排幾好嗎？ E.g. How's it going man？！今晚得閒去bar嗎？
Definition: With 'I' for introvert and 'E' for extrovert, this is a code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers who are very knowledgeable or obsessed about the MIBT (Myerrs Briggs type indicator) or the 16 personalities test.
Usage: E.g. A: 你係I人定E人？B: 我唔係好知，有可能係雙面E人。(A: Are you an introvert or extrovert? B: I don't know. Maybe I am a two-faced extrovert.)
Synonym: Introvert, extrovert
Reference: https://resources.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/37733/mbti-i人同e人區別-10種情境解析-一秒分辨你係-i人定e人
Definition: A Kongish code-mixing phrase used by local Hong Kong students to refer to having no time for activities such as dinner or party, which doesn't necessarily mean they have no more time left in their lives such as due to a terminal illness.
Usage: E.g. A: Do you want to join the party tonight? B: I have no time.
Synonym: 我冇時間
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj7SHv4Jhw4
Definition: A tag-switching phrase often used by Native Hong Kongers for clarifying on matters. However, it can sometimes be overused by Fake ABC's to strike a western impression on others.
Usage: E.g. 份project未搞掂呀。I mean，我岩岩做完要check吓先。 E.g. 港女：你應該食少D野。I mean，你應該減吓肥至岩。 E.g. 香港人：你講咩話？偽ABC：I mean，well... I mean，我覺得你身材唔係好fit囉I mean。
Reference: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing idiom used by native Hong Kongers to describe a situation where you cannot force someone into seeking help if they do not accept it.
Usage: E.g. I offered to help him with his homework but he never sent it over. Oh well... if the cow doesn't drink water, you cannot press the cow's head down.
Synonym: 牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低
Reference: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms
Definition: A code-mixing phrase that overseas educated Hong Kongers use when they want to express their well-educated guess or opinion on a subject matter without sounding so formal and bookish.
Usage: E.g. 呢個program我覺得in general係幾學到野。(I think I can really learn from this program in general.)
Synonym: 一般而言
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3990504/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to ask for a deeper analytical understanding of something.
Usage: E.g. 你睇完本書有咩insight? (What insights do you have after reading the book?)
Synonym: 見解; 睇法
Reference: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/202301935/202301935_1.pdf
Definition: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers often use to ask someone to go to an event in a polite and semi-formal manner.
Usage: E.g. A: 可唔可以叫埋我個friend黎？B: 好呀，等我invite埋佢啦。(A: Can you get my friend to come as well? B: Sure, let me invite him.)
Synonym: 邀請
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2051830/page/2