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Definition: A word used by Hong Kong people to express absolute affirmation, which is comparable to 'Bingo!'
Usage: E.g. 係喇,係喇。Exactly!
E.g. 岩喇!呢個就係我exactly想講既野。
E.g. 我唔係太get你exactly想講咩。
Definition: A generic term for a number of different Chinese words of equivalent meaning, sometimes used to tone down your directness and also to maximise communicative efficiency.
Usage: E.g. 老師: 老師唔expect你100分,不過盡左力就得喇。(要求)
E.g. 朋友: 今日係我生日。我expect你都比下面掛。(預料)
E.g. 我冇expect過今次考試會考成咁。(預期)
E.g. 上司對你冇咩expectation,總之搞掂D野就得喇。(期望)
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers often use to refer to changing something in order to improve or make it new again, such as a website.
Usage: E.g. 個website做revamp要幾耐?Synonym: 翻新
Definition: A code-mixing term that is abbreviated from the word 'condom'. Sometimes, it is called 'dom dom'. (dam4 dam2)
Usage: E.g. 冇帶dom?!我唔同你做!
E.g. 今日有冇帶dom dom呀?
Definition: A classic code-mixing term often used with the word 'case' to get someone to follow up on something in a professional manner. However, it is now often associated with the 'follow' used in social media.
Usage: E.g. 唔該同我follow吓個case呀。
E.g. 呢個case follow成點呀?
E.g. 快D follow我個IG啦!Reference: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
Definition: (verb.) An adjective-turned-verb code-mixing term meaning to enjoy oneself.
Usage: E.g. 做人久唔久都要happy一吓先得架嘛。
E.g. 今個週末一齊去happy吓好嗎?
E.g. 聽日放工一齊去happy hour啦!(歡樂時光)