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Definition: Originated from the Hong Kong Olympics sprint athlete '刁俊希', this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers when they feel like they cannot bother giving a f*** about something.
Usage: E.g. Should I study for this exam? Felix Diu!
Synonym: 費撚事屌
Reference: https://www.threads.com/@lovelovehannigram/post/DH8tkORpNQ2
Definition: (textspeak) Transliterated from ‘緊‘, this is a Kongish code-mixing term that is added to the end of verbs to denote the sense of ongoing, just like the ‘ing’ in English as in ‘doing’.
Usage: E.g. Nei jo gun d meh ar? （你做緊d咩呀？） E.g. Ngo sik gun farn ah. (我食緊飯呀）
Synonym: 緊
Reference: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to express frustration or distress when one encounters a problem.
Usage: E.g. Ding! I missed the bus! (頂) E.g. Ding your lungs! How dare you talk to me like this? (頂你個肺)
Definition: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to ask the waiter to get the bill.
Usage: E.g. Mai daan, mm goi! (埋單, 唔該!)
Synonym: 埋單
Reference: https://homekong.com.hk/blogs/read/helpful-cantonese-phrases-to-know
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to tell the other person to bring it on! (放馬過來)
Usage: E.g. I am not afraid of playing against you. Put your horse to me!
Synonym: 放馬過來
Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,139574,139575
Definition: A code-mixing phrase that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to emphasize that something is not a complex problem.
Usage: E.g. 呢個問題唔係rocket science。再一齊諗諗佢就解決得到。
Reference: https://www.mi-learning.com/itsnotrocketscience-meaning/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe people with high standards of social, moral and ethical behaviour which covers everything from the way they look, dress, and talk.
Usage: E.g. 我覺得呢個行業既人都係好proper。(I think everybody in this industry are so proper.)
Synonym: 規矩, 正當, 得體
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/4012349/page/1
Definition: A romanised code-mixing phrase that foreigners use to utter the phrase 'thank you' in Cantonese when they receive a red packet during Chinese New Year.
Usage: E.g. Dor jeh! Gung hei fat choi!
Synonym: 多謝
Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe the feeling of eating too much.
Usage: E.g. 食完打邊爐再飲咖啡會好ｈｅａｖｙ。
Synonym: 好腬
Definition: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to someone who disappeared for a long time and no one knows where they are.
Usage: E.g. A: Where did your classmate go? B: I think he dived under water.
Synonym: 潛水
Reference: https://www.localiiz.com/post/cantonese-slang-of-the-week-diving-under-water