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Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers like to use instead of '通過'. Sometimes, it is pronounced as 'pass-si'.
Usage: E.g. 今次考試pa唔pass呀？ E.g. 我今次pass-si呀！仲好高分添！
Synonym: 通過
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Fake ABC Hong Kongers to refer to someone as very warm, even though the word 'passionate' is usually used to describe someone as having strong intense feelings towards something.
Usage: E.g. ohhhh Sorrryyyy 因為我真係鬼妹仔性格，so我真係好passionate…即係你哋中文嘅⋯⋯熱⋯⋯熱what? 熱情right? Omggggrrr!! So sorry !我chinese真係好bad!希望你唔好mind! (ohhhh Sorrryyyy because I really have a western girl personality, so I'm really passionate... that is, in Chinese... yeet... yeet what? Yeet-ching right? Omggggrrr!! So sorry! My chinese is really bad! I hope you don't mind!)
Synonym: 熱情
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used as an interjection to express frustration or annoyance when something surprising occurs. (哎呀)
Usage: E.g. Aiya! I missed the bus! E.g. Aiya! I dropped the cake! E.g. Aiya! I just needed one more mark to pass the test!
Synonym: 哎呀
Reference: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/seven-cantonese-phrases-that-should-be-in-the-oed
Definition: Originated from ‘access’, this is a code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to the means through which one can enter a system or having the permission to retrieve data from a system.
Usage: E.g. 唔該可唔可以比個database既assess比我？ (Could you give me the access to the database?) E.g. 我assess唔到個system。可唔可以比密碼我？(I cannot access the system. Can you give me the password?)
Synonym: access, 讀取
Reference: https://www.instagram.com/reels/CjZh3wSpu4l/ (use mobile version)
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
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local celebrity Jo Lam to refer to having the power and ability to have enthuasiasm, curiosity and interest towards other people, in order to improve your quality of life and have what he calls superpower.
Usage: E.g. 林作：如果你想改善你既世界，應該最想追求嗰個quality係嗎？答案就係energy。我唔係一個最係大聲講野，乍乍跳ADHD野既人，但係我可以喺每一個場合帶出嗰種enthusiasm，嗰種curiosity，嗰種interest，係一個會令到個場裡面既人更加被感染，更加對生命係有一種熱誠喺度。你要既係呢樣野，先至係我既所謂Superpower。(E.g. If you want to improve your world, then you would most likely want to pursue that quality of life? The answer is energy. I'm not a person who talks the loudest and hyperactive like ADHD, but I can bring out that enthusiasm, that curiosity, that interest in every setting, which will influence people to have a greater passion for life. This is what you want, which is what I call superpower.)
Synonym: 活力; 能量
Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/BAWrSkepea/
Definition: Often associated with negative connotations, this is a code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to show their ability to form valuable opinions after thorough thought, like a lawyer in a court case.
Usage: E.g. 第一次認識人唔好咁快pass judgment啦！(Don't pass judgment so quickly upon knowing a person for the first time!) E.g. 我希望你會接受我既judgment。(I hope you will accept my judgment.)
Synonym: 判斷
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/1787326/page/1
Definition: Sometimes shortened and pronounced as ‘probay’, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the period of time at the start of a new job when one is being evaluated and tested to see whether they are suitable for the job.
Usage: E.g. 過唔到probation通常唔關工作能力事。多數關得罪人事。(Not passing probation usually does not have to do with one's working ability, but rather to with people issues.)
Synonym: 試用期, 緩刑
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3946396/page/2
Definition: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers love to use to refer to anything that looks like a sauce.
Usage: E.g. 半唐番: 可唔可以比啲sauce我? 香港人: 唔係sauce黎架，係醋！(ABC: Can you pass me the sauce? Hong Konger: It's not sauce. It's vinegar!) E.g. 半唐番: 可唔可以比啲sauce我? 香港人: 唔係sauce黎架，係豉油！(ABC: Can you pass me the sauce? Hong Konger: It's not sauce. It's see-yau!)
Synonym: 醬
Reference: https://auntieemily.com/soy-sauce-chow-mein/
Definition: It's slang for when a person eats something and it's unsuccessfully digested. Resulting in the food being pooped out the next day still intact.
Usage: I'll pass on corn or string mushrooms guys. I don't want a "see you tomorrow" situation happening tomorrow morning
