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Definition: A code-mixing phrase that Hong Kongers use to cheer for somebody else as encouragement or support when they are bored of the equivalent term '加油' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. Add oil! 希望你今次考試高分!Synonym: 加油
Definition: Often overused by Fake ABCs in Hong Kong for creating a western appeal, especially when they lack English vocabulary.
Usage: E.g. Actually,我都要D時間諗下先。我過兩日再覆你。
E.g. 朋友:我地係咪約好左聽日去睇戲呀?你:Actually,我聽日唔得閒。
E.g. Actually,你講既野都有D道理。不過我唔同意。
Definition: Usually placed at the start of a clause or sentence, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to replace the phrase '無論如何', meaning 'no matter what' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 我知你好忙,但anyhow,你一定要幫我。
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the Cantonese swear word '仆街', which literally translates to 'trip on the street'.
Usage: E.g. 聽日交唔到貨就PK喇!
E.g. 玩我?! 你個PK!
Definition: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who have more than a regular habit of drinking champagnes.
Usage: E.g. 今日係禮拜五晚,我地黎支champagne嗱?!
Definition: A code-mixing term that is often used to describe something that happened at a later time than expected. (延遲)
Usage: E.g. 今次班機delay左好耐。下次搵第二間航空公司喇!Synonym: 延遲
Definition: Pronounced as 'm-tee-ah-lo', this is a code-mixing term used by the grassroot class Hong Kongers to refer to the train station.
Usage: E.g. Foreigner: Excuse me, where is the MTR?
HK'er: What?
Foreigner: Where is the 'm-tee-ah-lo'?
HK'er: Oh I understand! 'm-tee-ah-lo' is over there!
Definition: Originated from a supermarket chain in Hong Kong, this is a code-mixing term used by real ABC Hong Kongers to tell somebody to go to hell, as the name can be abbreviated to 'PK', which resembles the swear word '仆街' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 想搵我笨?!Go to Park'n Shop!
Definition: A posh way of saying that you admire someone's work or effort, in order to show your high social status or higher education background.
Usage: E.g. 我好appreciate你個idea. Well done.
E.g. 我好appreciate你做既野。不過,你都唔可以迫我accept你個apology。