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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。
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: This is a code-mixing phrase commonly used to replace最後一日 when the last day of activity is reached.
Usage: E.g. 今日係唔係last day?
Definition: Pronounced as 'tee-suu', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers have grown up with and got used to instead of the equivalent term in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 請問有冇tissue呀？。E.g. 唔該比張tissue黎呀，唔該。
Definition: A code-mixing term that is often used in the workplace environment of Hong Kong to refer to a proposal document.
Usage: E.g. 老細叫你打嗰份proposal打完未呀？E.g. 今次份proposal太短喇，又唔夠detail。再打過啦。
Definition: A more suitable way to describe how close a relationship is than the word ‘親密’ （intimate）.
Usage: E.g. 你同你個friend close唔close架？E.g. 你有幾多個close friend？
Definition: A way to express how nice someone is on the surface.
Usage: E.g. 佢個人好nice，但係識耐左先知道原來係虛偽。E.g. 佢個人好nice，不過唔知個人好唔好呢？
