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Definition: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term that refers to 'together' in English.
Usage: E.g. Nei zi chin mai wah seung do new pt, my frd arm arm told me kui find gun ppl, go tgt oj ng oj? (你之前咪話想做新Part Time,我朋友同我講佢搵緊人,一齊去好唔好?)Synonym: togetherReference: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/283411/大學生打字用火星文-10句港式英文拼音大挑戰-測試你識幾多
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the language channel that one is speaking in.
Usage: E.g. 做咩成日轉channel講英文呀?你喺到扮ABC呀?
E.g. 咪住。等我轉一轉channel講返中文先。
Definition: Known as Kongish and derived from '長氣', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a friend who is always so verbose and says the same thing over and over again, like a grandma.
Usage: E.g. 喂,我頂你!唔好咁long gas得唔得呀?!(長氣)Synonym: 長氣Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/2630/
Definition: (idiom) Known as Kongish and derived from '五時花六時變‘, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who is indecisive and prone to changing his or her plan all the time.
Usage: E.g. 你唔係話過鍾意呢件衫咩?你真係five o'clock flower six o'clock change呀。(五時花六時變)Synonym: 五時花六時變Reference: https://youtu.be/_3hhDIErE2g?si=SLsZUTCKhV5cfm8x
Definition: A code-mixing term that refers to a person with a mixed-race descent.
Usage: E.g. A:你係唔係mix黎架?B:乜我似mix咩?多謝。
E.g. A:你係唔係mix黎架?B:係!當然係啦!我係澳門香港mix呀!
Definition: Often added with a 屎 (faeces), this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to short pieces of information written down on paper.
Usage: E.g. 阿仔,上堂記住drop低D note屎呀!Synonym: 筆記Reference: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
Definition: A romanised code-mixing term that Hong Kong expats use to describe a female who is pretty, or a male who is handsome, or an object that is good-looking.
Usage: E.g. You look very leng today! (你今日好靚呀!)
E.g. Wa! This dress ho leng ah! (哇!呢條裙好靚呀!)
E.g. You are so leng jai! (你好靚仔呀!)Synonym: 靚Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,91
Definition: A generic term for a number of different Chinese words of equivalent meaning, sometimes used to tone down your directness and also to maximise communicative efficiency.
Usage: E.g. 老師: 老師唔expect你100分,不過盡左力就得喇。(要求)
E.g. 朋友: 今日係我生日。我expect你都比下面掛。(預料)
E.g. 我冇expect過今次考試會考成咁。(預期)
E.g. 上司對你冇咩expectation,總之搞掂D野就得喇。(期望)Synonym: 要求; 預料; 預期; 期望