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Hong Kong Code-mixing Dictionary

A contemporary Cantonese-English dictionary


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mechan

Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to ‘mechanical engineering’.

Usage: E.g. 小時讀mechan 第時揸貨van (If we choose to study mechanical engineering when we were young, we will end up driving a cargo van.) E.g. 到底我做左幾多錯事 讀完mechan 出黎做IT9 (What on earth did I do wrong? I finished studying mechanical engineering and became an IT dog.)

Synonym: 機械工程

Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/BAZQJOQ7dx/

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