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Definition: (verb) A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to persuading someone forcefully to do or achieve something.
Usage: E.g. 資優學生唔需要push佢地做，係咁依點下就ok。(There is no need to push talented students, as you just need to guide them casually.)
Synonym: 逼迫;催逼
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/337010/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a more casual way of referring to stop doing a job because no one likes to mention the formality of resigning from a job which can be really tedious.
Usage: E.g. 份工返得好辛苦真係好想quit 但quit左又會覺得自己好無用 (The job is very hard and I really want to quit, but I will feel very useless if I quit.)
Synonym: 辭職
Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/BASKN5LYyF/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person's mental state that is immediate for action without necessarily having done any preparation. When used in negation form 'not ready', it may mean that preparation is already done but the person is still not ready.
Usage: E.g. 如果一個女仔話鍾意你，但係未ready一齊，要我等，係咩意思 (If a girl says she likes you, but isn't ready to be together with you and asks you to wait, what does that mean?)
Synonym: 準備好
Reference: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/3629688/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by upper class Hong Kongers as a more elegant way of requesting to move participants of a guest dinner party to other tables because it can just be too tedious for the organiser to do.
Usage: E.g. 唔該，可唔可以rearrange table呀？我唔係咁鍾意呢張枱。(Excuse me, could you rearrange the tables? I don't really like this table.)
Synonym: 重新安排啲枱; 重新調位
Definition: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to a small wireless unit that is plugged into a computer’s USB port for receiving signals for a keyboard or mouse.
Usage: E.g. 有冇見過我個receiver? 我好似唔見左。
Synonym: 接收器
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to recommend a candidate for a vacant position.
Usage: E.g. 如果你識到朋友做呢行，可以refer佢比我地嗎？
Synonym: 推薦, 介紹
Reference: https://goop.ai/topic/2r3f/尋英文補習教學partner
Definition: A shortened code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the word 'register', such as registering for an account in an app to become a member.
Usage: E.g. 快D download個app再reg個account成為會員啦！
Synonym: 申請
Definition: An ultra professional code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers especially senior managers to refer to a suitable candidate that can take over an employee's job so they don't have to sound like they are getting just anyone to take over a job for the sake of cutting costs.
Usage: E.g. 之前公司有條友非高層secondment。每個月畀agent 160k 新老細嚟咗即刻炒佢。Replacement 可能一半價錢到 (I had a colleague in my past company who was not a senior level secondment position but paid the agency 160k per month. Then a new boss came and fired him immediately. The replacement could have been half the cost.)
Synonym: 搵人接替
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2955436/page/2
Definition: To get a refund for something due to dissatisfaction.
Usage: The service was so bad, that's why I wanted to wui shui.
Synonym: 回水
Definition: Often used as an idiom, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a stupid person. (For female version, see 'Lulu')
Usage: E.g. 唔好當我係Robert喎! (Stop treating me like a stupid person!)
