Instagram
English | Chinese
916 results found
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a meal set offered by a karaoke lounge bar or club.
Usage: E.g. 今日去唔去食K lunch呀？一百蚊又可以唱又食，好鬼死抵。(Do you want to have K lunch today? Can sing and eat at the price of just $100, so frigging cheap.)
Synonym: 卡啦OK午餐
Reference: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/activity/detail/20009510/唱k推介2024丨全港16大卡啦ok好去處-最平-36起-日文k都有-附地址-收費詳情
Definition: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kong university students love to use instead of '講座', which means a formal talk on a subject by a professor.
Usage: E.g. 其實上lecture根本浪費時間。
Synonym: 講座
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/475538/page/2
Definition: A code-mixing term that a Jayden Mami uses to refer to a more playful misbehaviour in a lighthearted way rather than describing a child genuinely bad and unmanageable that the Cantonese equivalent terms tend to denote.
Usage: E.g. Jayden呀，唔好再咁naughty啦。你唔食菜，又唔飲湯，你唔會healthy架！(Jayden, don't be so naughty. If you don't eat vegetables and don't drink soup, you will not be healthy!)
Synonym: 曳；百厭
Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/7397/
Definition: Derived from 'O嘴', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to feeling surprised and astonished to the point where your mouth literally opens in an O shape.
Usage: E.g. I was O mouth to see the football match turned around! (今次場波反敗為勝，真睇到我O哂嘴。)
Synonym: O嘴
Definition: A code-mixing term that refers to ‘out of budget’, which is used by working class Hong Kongers in business meetings.
Usage: 做project management只睇兩樣。第一就係有冇outside個scope，第二就係有冇out bud。
Definition: Said to have originated from 'copycat' in English, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to someone who cheats or copies other people's answers in an exam. (出貓)
Usage: E.g. Don't dare to bring out the cat in an exam! (唔好咁大擔考試出貓！)
Synonym: 出貓
Definition: A code-mixing term that is often misused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to mean 'outfit'.
Usage: E.g. BB豬，我今日個ｏｕｔｌｏｏｋ係咪好靚呀？
Synonym: 外表
Reference: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/128449/你是否-偽abc-chill-中文意思係咩-10個港人常用錯英文字
Definition: A code-mixing phrase that a Jayden Mami loves to use to refer to a more casual way of learning something rather than the formal way of acquiring skills and information.
Usage: E.g. Jayden呀，有時間就去pick up English啦。你唔用既話會好快forget架。(Jayden, go and pick up English when you have time. If you don't use it, you will forget it.)
Synonym: 學識; 練習
Reference: https://hk.amazingtalker.com/questions/8407
Definition: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing phrase used by local student Hong Kongers to tell somebody to shut the f*** up.
Usage: E.g. Stop blowing water! Sau pei la! (Quit bragging! Shut up!)
Synonym: 收皮
Reference: https://thehoneycombers.com/hong-kong/hong-kong-slang-urban-dictionary/
Definition: Pronounced as 'shalup', this is a code-mixing term used to tell somebody to shut up immediately.
Usage: E.g. 好鬼嘈呀！快D shalup啦！ E.g. 同學：Shalup！老師就快到喇！
Synonym: 收聲