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Definition: A shortened code-mixing term meaning 'compromise'.
Usage: E.g. 香港人:我地雙方要com吓先得,OK?內地人:說什麼?香港人:COMPROMISE。
E.g. 你:我知道我地好多野都唔係好夾,不過我地com吓咪得囉。朋友:我com你老X!
Definition: Pronounced as 'N-call', this is a code-mixing term used to get the performer to sing one more time at the end of a concert.
Usage: E.g.今次演唱會唔知會ENCORE幾多次呢?
E.g. Encore!!!我今次要encore到爆為止!
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 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: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to giving or providing something, in order to help achieve a goal.
Usage: E.g. 麻煩大家contribute一吓個discussion。Synonym: 貢獻Reference: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
Definition: Derived from 'monitor', this is a highly efficient use of one's eyes to keep track of the progress of somebody or something. Sometimes, even without the use of one's eyes.
Usage: E.g. 喂,我咪喺度做緊野囉。你唔洗成日喺度mon住我嘛!
E.g. 你:喂,大佬。你唔洗成日打電話黎mon住我嘛?!!對方:大佬?!你邊隻眼見到我mon住你呀?!!
E.g. D股市跳得咁勁要成日搵人mon住先得架。
Definition: A more sophisticated way of expressing chance (機會) in Cantonese, as the English term denotes prospect for advancement or success.
Usage: E.g. 好多謝貴公司今日比呢個opportunity我地黎做個presentation.
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 the upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the Italian luxury brand. However, the grassroots Hong Kongers pronounce it as '飛甩雞毛', which means the chicken dropping its feathers.
Usage: E.g. A:你著緊咩牌子?飛甩雞毛?B:係Ferragamo呀。Synonym: 飛甩雞毛
Definition: A code-mixing term by native Hong Kongers to avoid saying the word 'like' in order to sound more professional in formal situations, or to avoid sounding biased when you like one item more than another.
Usage: E.g. 你prefer今星期邊一日interview呀?
E.g. 你prefer幾點睇戲呀?
E.g. 我prefer佢個idea多D。