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Definition: A fashionable, elegant way of referring to dinner in Cantonese.
Usage: Eg. 去邊到食dinner好呢？ Eg. 你想去邊到吃din呀？
Synonym: 晚餐
Reference: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong salesman love to use as a strategy to advertise their products without sounding like they're doing it for the sake of spreading the word or selling their product.
Usage: E.g. 我地公司兒家做緊promotion。你唔買就走寶喇喂。(Our company is now doing promotion. If you don't buy, you'll miss out.)
Synonym: 宣傳，推廣
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the Cantonese swear word '仆街', which literally translates to 'trip on the street'.
Usage: E.g. 聽日交唔到貨就PK喇！ E.g. 玩我？！ 你個PK！
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers who want to wish a person to really take the time in enjoying themselves on their birthday rather than being '快樂', which literally translates to 'fast pleasure'.
Usage: E.g. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to 巴打 (brother). Happy birthday to youuuuuu.
Synonym: 生日快樂
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3359244/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the process of finding an employee's former colleagues or managers to verify their job history, which can sometimes be very tedious.
Usage: E.g. 我就唔驚reference check去check我過去表現，但要我搵人做reference check 就好煩，尤其係個HR係咁催我交人 (I am not afraid of reference checks that check my past job performance, but asking me to find someone to do the reference check is very annoying, especially if the HR is urging me to hand over the person.)
Synonym: 資歷查核
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3576674/page/1
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone being a scapegoat or taking the blame for something that they did not do.
Usage: E.g. I did not cheat in the exam and you made me eat dead cat??!
Synonym: 食死貓
Reference: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms
Definition: A code-mixing term often used by working class Hong Kongers to indicate the purpose of a product, in order to pitch and sell it to a customer.
Usage: E.g. 呢個app係for你地客戶用架，令到你地方便好多。 E.g. 呢樣產品係for女士用架，尤其係貪靚嗰D。
Reference: https://cantowords.com/dictionary/for#w100337
Definition: A euphemistic code-mixing term that refers to the same item ‘廁所’ in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 老師，唔該可唔可以去toilet呀？ E.g. 咁多位，我去一去toilet先。
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a telephone number.
Usage: E.g. 香港人：可唔可以交換number呀？內地人：咩number呀？香港人：緊係電話number啦。
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s
Definition: A jubilant, nonchalant way of showing off to your friends. Used together with 'juice' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 哎呀！今次唔洗溫書都實pass啦！Easy汁啦！
Synonym: 容易
