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Hong Kong Code-mixing Dictionary

A contemporary Cantonese-English dictionary


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rearrange table

Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by upper class Hong Kongers as a more elegant way of requesting to move participants of a guest dinner party to other tables because it can just be too tedious for the organiser to do.

Usage: E.g. 唔該,可唔可以rearrange table呀?我唔係咁鍾意呢張枱。(Excuse me, could you rearrange the tables? I don't really like this table.)

Synonym: 重新安排啲枱; 重新調位

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