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Definition: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to emphasize the zero mark they got in a test or exam, which they like to honour themselves with because not only a chicken egg has the shape of the zero number, but also it has become a friendly treat that they are used to eating all the time.
Usage: E.g. Oh no! I got a zero chicken egg in my exam again!
Synonym: 零雞蛋
Reference: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/零雞蛋
Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by overseas educated Hong Kongers who want to express their sincere gratitude towards someone without saying 'thank you' repetitively.
Usage: E.g. 唔該哂你幫我手呀。I really appreciate it.
Synonym: 我好感激你
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKwHZnk1ZNs
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to exercise done in the gym. Even though it is often used as '做gym' (do gym), it is not to be confused with 'doing the gym' because the gym is actually the place where people do exercise in native English.
Usage: E.g. 想唔想一齊做gym? (Want to work out / do exercise in the gym together?)
Synonym: 健身; 健身室; 健身室運動
Reference: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/做gym
Definition: Originated from sports and often used with a ‘咗’ in Cantonese denoting past tense, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to deceiving someone with a posture or misinformation rather than something like a fraud or scam, even though it can be serious at times causing real inconvenience to people.
Usage: E.g. 俾 "轉工要趁後生" 呢句嘢fake咗 (I got misled by the saying "Take the opportunity to change jobs while we are young".)
Synonym: fake咗
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3004954/page/2
Definition: A chic-sounding code-mixing term used in Hong Kong Cantonese that shows the speaker's education background and western appeal.
Usage: E.g. 唔好意思，我週末要去shopping。唔得閒應酬你。 E.g. 做人唔shop下ping邊得呀？
Synonym: 購物
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a subject matter that is less socially loaded, people-oriented or even gossipy.
Usage: E.g. 成日都講人是非，可唔可以轉topic？(The conversation is always gossiping about others. Can we change the topic?)
Synonym: 話題
Reference: https://spencerlam.hk/blog/2022/02/01/group-discussion技巧/
Definition: A tag-switching phrase overused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to create a western appeal.
Usage: E.g. You know, 我成日去做gym緊係fit啦, you know。 E.g. 我係上等人咁緊係成日夾雜英文啦, you know?
Reference: https://travel.ulifestyle.com.hk/news/detail/12179/明明無r音都要捲舌-5大令人頂唔順的偽abc特徵/1
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to exploiting the use of something, even though at times it can seem more like abusing or misusing something instead.
Usage: E.g. 有D公司好take advantage D fresh grad，要你做唔哂野要OT。(Some companikes really take advantage of fresh graduates and get them to work overtime.) E.g. 有D員工好take advantage公司D病假。(Some employees really take advantage of the sick leaves offered by companies.)
Synonym: 利用, 濫用
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3588289/page/6
Definition: (textspeak) Transliterated from ‘好多’ meaning ‘a lot’ or ‘many’, this is a Kongish code-mixing term used by local student Hong Kongers to complain about the excess of homework.
Usage: E.g. Ho dor gong for ah! (好多功課呀！)
Synonym: 好多
Reference: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/16/the-use-of-transliteration-in-kongish/
Definition: A generic code-mixing term used for a number of Chinese words meaning 'case', in order to maximise communicative efficiency.
Usage: E.g. 喂，阿John。同我follow下個case得嗎?（個案） E.g. 今次呢單case好似唔簡單。（案件） E.g. 呢個病人個case睇嚴重D喎。（病情） E.g. 我明白你個case。（情況）
Synonym: 個案; 案件
