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Definition: A code-mixing term that is often used instead of '取錄'.
Usage: E.g. 家人：邊間大學比左offer你呀？ 你：仲未有offer呀。唔知幾時呢？
Synonym: 取錄
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use instead of '辦公室'.
Usage: E.g. 聽日返office定係work from home呀？
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxrKXQowtvk
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to an office's tea area with a whole bunch of facilities such as a sink, fridge, microwave oven and much more.
Usage: E.g. A: 見過最癲嘅公司pantry有啲咩？B: 罐裝汽水，果汁，咖啡任飲，十幾款薯片，餅乾，果仁任食，沙律任食，杯麵任食。C: 老鼠 (A: What are the craziest things you have ever seen in a company's pantry? B: Canned soda, juice, all-you-can-drink coffee, a dozen chips, biscuits, all-you-can-eat nuts, all-you-can-eat salad, all-you-can-eat cup noodles. C: Rats)
Synonym: 茶水間; 食品貯藏室
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2166431/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers like to use instead of '通過'. Sometimes, it is pronounced as 'pass-si'.
Usage: E.g. 今次考試pa唔pass呀？ E.g. 我今次pass-si呀！仲好高分添！
Synonym: 通過
Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers like to use instead of '圖案'.
Usage: E.g. 件衫個pattern幾靚喎。喺邊到買架？ E.g. 同學：喂，你覺得每次Ｄ ＭＣ題目會有咩pattern呀？
Synonym: 圖案
Definition: A more informal and linguistically efficient way of saying the Cantonese equivalent term '上傳'. Often pronounced as 'po' instead of 'post'.
Usage: E.g. 喂，你今次po張相好鬼靚喎。
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong companies to refer to reorganising a company's team structure as well as an excuse to lay off its workers for some obscure reason.
Usage: E.g 對唔住，公司 restructure，唔再有你做緊個 role，亦冇適合位置啱你，所以會遣散你。(Sorry, the company restructured. It no longer has the role you are working for and there is no suitable position for you, so you will be dismissed.)
Synonym: 結構調整
Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/BADzEOCk1Z/
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of '炫耀', which sounds too formal to be used in conversation. Also used as 'show qualie' sometimes.
Usage: E.g. 唔好成日係到show off啦。知道你勁喇。E.g. 成日講野都夾雜英文。你喺到show qualie呀？
Definition: Often used as 'Ah sir' (阿sir), this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a male teacher. (Also see 'Missy' for female teacher)
Usage: E.g. 阿sir，我今日冇帶功課。可唔可以唔好罰我呀？
Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use instead of '跳過'.
Usage: E.g. 條題目好難。skip左先啦。
Synonym: 跳過
Reference: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/