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Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who has an interest in the same gender without making it sound so clear and explicit in case someone is eavesdropping. At other times, it can be used to describe something as awkward such as a plot in a story or film.
Usage: E.g. A: 我想問你一個問題：你係咪gay架? B: 唔好喇掛，我唔想搞gay。 (A: I want to ask you a question: Are you gay? B: No thanks, I don't want to be gay.) E.g. A: 今次套電影好睇嗎？B: 我覺得啲劇情好gay囉。(A: Do you like the movie this time? B: I think the story is really gay.)
Synonym: 同性戀, 搞gay
Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/1088/
Definition: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to ask a shopkeeper how much something costs, which is extremely effective when bargaining for a lower price at wet markets. It can also be shortened to 'gay cheen' (幾錢).
Usage: E.g. Gay dor cheen? (幾多錢?) E.g. Gay cheen? (幾錢?)
Synonym: 幾多錢?
Reference: https://homekong.com.hk/blogs/read/helpful-cantonese-phrases-to-know
Definition: A Kongish code-mixing term that is similar to the apostrophe + s in English, which is used as a possessive marker. Eg. Peter's car.
Usage: E.g. fyi the box in the pic ge mask is made in china ga lor...
Synonym: 既
Definition: Derived from ‘generate’, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers like to use to refer to generating report using a computer.
Usage: E.g. 幾時gen到份report？
Synonym: 生成
Reference: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail/20052582/香港職場30個中英夾雜用語-內地網民-自己會粵語也聽不懂/1
Definition: A code-mixing term that refers to understanding the gist of something. Sometimes, it is also used to refer to understanding the small parts of something, in order to understand the whole thing.
Usage: E.g. 佢好像唔係咁get我們講D咩。 E.g. 你要get到最基本既concept先，之後你就會明哂所有野。
Reference: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch
Definition: Derived from 'good game' in English, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a bad situation, such as not completing work before a deadline. (完蛋了)
Usage: E.g. 今晚做唔哂Ｄ野真係ｇｇ喇。點算呀？(完蛋了)
Reference: https://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/eon/190/190/190_3.html
Definition: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to '噱頭'.
Usage: E.g. 你有沒有留意樓下那家coffee shop最近常做promotion，我覺得滿有gimmick
Synonym: 噱頭
Reference: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/港人中英夾雜有規律-網友-太神奇-020000181.html
Definition: A euphemistic way of saying to somebody that you want to teach them a lesson or show them what you've got. (比D顏色你睇)
Usage: E.g. 咁寸?! Let me give you some color see see!
Synonym: 比D顏色你睇
Definition: An Englishised code-mixing phrase that refers to someone who disappeared for a long time and no one knows where they went.
Usage: E.g. I will be blacklisting this guy who promised to attend the conference but went scuba diving!
Synonym: 潛水
Definition: Known as Kongish and originated from a story where a man used to lure children by promising to buy them goldfish, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to a paedophile. (金魚佬)
Usage: E.g. Stop buying me chocolate and lure me like a goldish man!
Synonym: 金魚佬
