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Definition: This is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to social class. However, it is often pronounced as 'car' or 'car屎' by grassroot class Hong Kongers.
Usage: E.g. 喂呢間餐廳好high car屎喎。
E.g. 今日洗唔洗著到咁high car屎呀?
E.g. 唔好成日扮到咁high car啦。中左六合彩咩？
Definition: Often pronounced with a '屎' (faeces) at the end of the word, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to having the ability to recognise something good. ('有品味')
Usage: E.g. 哇，你識揀呢件衫，真係好有taste呀！Synonym: 品味Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: Derived from '落狗屎‘, this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to raining very heavily, which is equivalent of the phrase 'raining cats and dogs' in English.
Usage: E.g. Wa! Right now is really drop dog sh*t ah! (哇！兒家真係落狗屎呀！)Synonym: 落狗屎Reference: https://ling-app.com/yue/cantonese-slang-words/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to whether people are on the same page of a situation or task.
Usage: E.g. 我覺得我地唔係好sync。可唔可以catch up一吓我地做既野?Synonym: 同步Reference: https://www.cw.com.tw/article/5114233
Definition: A code-mixing term often used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the day that work must be handed in and finalised.
Usage: E.g. 老闆:下次知道要搞咁耐就早Ｄ返公司喇。 下屬:你話有野要交比個客睇，但係冇話過係deadline喎。
E.g. 老闆:今日係ｄｅａｄｌｉｎｅ，做唔完野要ＯＴ。 下屬:Ｄ野一早就做哂喇。
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to refer to talking to someone in order to know what they have been doing.
Usage: E.g. 我地幾時會再catch up吓？好耐冇見喇。Synonym: 趕上進度
Definition: A way to sound more certain and less hesitant when your friend/boyfriend/girlfriend is asking you whether you want to do something with him or her.
Usage: E.g. 朋友: 聽日去唔去睇戲呀？ 你: Depends啦。
E.g. 女朋友: 係咪聽日去shopping呀? 你: Depends啦。
E.g. 女朋友: 係咪聽日去shopping呀? 你: 睇下點啦。 *啪！*
