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Definition: Became known by the TVB episode 'The Queen of News', this is a code-mixing phrase said by working class Hong Kongers to encourage people to continue doing what they have set out to do, even if it means taking risks and receiving consequences.
Usage: E.g. 冇人敢報等我嚟吖!萬一touchwood報錯咪賴落我度咯,I have nothing to lose。我宗旨好簡單,the show must go on。(If no one dares to report this, then I'll do it! If the news turn out to be wrong, then blame it on me, touchwood. I have nothing to lose. My goal is very simple, the show must go on.)Synonym: 表演必須繼續Reference: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail/20021530/新聞女王-高海寧重現主播喊住報死訊新聞一幕-雙眼通紅淚珠滑落與現實如出一轍/1
Definition: To get a refund for something due to dissatisfaction.
Usage: The service was so bad, that's why I wanted to wui shui. Synonym: 回水
Definition: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to express how serious a matter is and is no joke at all.
Usage: E.g. 鍾培生:Sign the f***ing contract. No bullsh*t let's go.Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDK59_Yhv6Y
Definition: A pair of code-mixing terms that native Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the sport of gliding over snow because it is simply way too tiring having to tell the other person which one you are talking about if you just say ‘滑雪‘ in Cantonese, which has a literal meaning of 'glide snow'.
Usage: E.g. 我好鍾意滑雪。B:不過請問係skiing定係snowboarding? (A: I really like gliding snow. B: But do you mean skiing or snowboarding?)Synonym: 滑雪Reference: https://www.baby-kingdom.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=12744670
Definition: A code-mixing term that can also be used to refer to a non-human object.
Usage: E.g. 咁快開波?等我warm up吓先。
E.g. 同事A:喂,部機咁慢既? 同事B:部機要warm up吓先得架。
Definition: A term that seems to originate from the English culture and can hardly be replaced by the Cantonese equivalent term '常識'.
Usage: E.g. 喂,你咁快就落搭,有冇common sense架?
E.g. 一睇就知係搵笨啦,你有冇common sense架?
E.g. 你好似有常識,不過冇common sense。Reference: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
Definition: A code-mixing term that is used when you want to avoid describing someone as being '衰' or not nice.
Usage: E.g. 男仔:喂,我覺得你咁樣講野好衰呀。女朋友:你話我衰?!
E.g. 男仔:喂,我覺得你咁樣講野好mean呀。女朋友:講得岩。我有時講野係mean左D,不過唔至於係衰。
Definition: Known as Kongish and derived from '柒頭' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe or scold someone who is stupid and brainless like a dickhead. (龜頭)
Usage: E.g. You seven head go and collect skin! (你個柒頭去收皮啦!)Synonym: 柒頭Reference: https://www.topprint2000.com/online-shop/product/1131018/