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Definition: A code-mixing term that local student Hong Kongers use to refer to 'music society'.
Usage: E.g. 唔知mu so今個sem有咩搞呢？
Synonym: 音樂學會
Definition: (verb) Originated from the 'ding' sound that a microwave makes when it finishes heating food, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to reheating food with a microwave.
Usage: E.g. He dings his lunch every day. (present tense) E.g. He is dinging his lunch. (present continuous tense) E.g. He dang his lunch yesterday. (past tense) E.g. He has just dung his lunch. (present perfect tense)
Synonym: 叮
Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/_njiXSdc7/
Definition: (adj) Often pronounced as 'fan', this is a noun-turned-adjective code-mixing term used to describe the degree of a friendship.
Usage: E.g. 你係咪同佢好fan架？ E.g. 喂，你唔好扮哂好fan咁喎。我都唔係識左你好耐。 E.g. 其實我同你唔係好fan。
Reference: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that refers to something that is so funny that one can die from having too much laughter.
Usage: E.g. Laugh die me喇！真係好搞笑呀。（笑死我）
Synonym: 笑死我
Reference: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to '手提電腦'.
Usage: E.g. 老師，上堂可以比帶自己notebook嗎？
Synonym: 手提電腦
Reference: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a man who relies on his wife or girlfriend to sustain a living.
Usage: E.g. Be a real man and stop eating soft rice!
Synonym: 食軟飯
Definition: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers use when they are scared and freaked out by something.
Usage: E.g. Scare die me! You are so early in office today?!
Synonym: 嚇死我
Definition: Often added with a 屎, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kong people use instead of 滑鼠, meaning 'slippery mouse'.
Usage: Eg. 個mouse(屎)幾靚喎。喺邊到買？
Synonym: 滑鼠
Reference: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
Definition: A code-mixing term that often refers to a computer/video game.
Usage: E.g. 你最鍾意玩邊隻game呀？
Synonym: 遊戲
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe a situation where they are in some serious trouble. Sometimes, '大鑊' can be emphasized to a vulgar expression '大撚鑊', which literally translates to 'big penis wok' and means the person is in rather deep sh*t.
Usage: E.g. I forgot to bring my wallet! Big wok! (大鑊) E.g. Omg I lost all my money! This time is really big penis wok! (今次真係大撚鑊)
Synonym: 大鑊
Reference: http://paper.wenweipo.com/2011/03/30/ED1103300032.htm
