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Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term that refers to chatting casually or bragging about something.
Usage: E.g. 收皮啦!唔好再blow water!Synonym: 吹水Reference: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
Definition: Pronounced as 'tee-suu', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers have grown up with and got used to instead of the equivalent term in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 請問有冇tissue呀?。E.g. 唔該比張tissue黎呀,唔該。Synonym: 紙巾
Definition: Often overused by Fake ABCs in Hong Kong for creating a western appeal, especially when they lack English vocabulary.
Usage: E.g. Actually,我都要D時間諗下先。我過兩日再覆你。
E.g. 朋友:我地係咪約好左聽日去睇戲呀?你:Actually,我聽日唔得閒。
E.g. Actually,你講既野都有D道理。不過我唔同意。
Synonym: 其實
Definition: A generic term for a number of equivalent Cantonese words used to avoid absolute certainty.
Usage: E.g. 件貨suppose今日到。(預期-expectedly/predictably)
E.g. 我suppose你係岩既。 (假設-guess)
E.g. 警察係suppose要保護市民。 (應該-should)
Definition: A code-mixing term that is used in place of '交'.
Usage: E.g. 同學:份功課幾時due呀?你:好似聽日due得喇喎。
Definition: Often pronounced as ‘mee-mee’ with a falling intonation, this is a code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to an idea, image or video that is spread quickly on the internet.
Usage: E.g. 有冇人覺得香港人整啲meme好撚尷尬???(Does anyone think the memes made by Hong Kong people are so f***ing awkward?)Synonym: 迷因圖, 咪咪Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2213202/page/18
Definition: 1. (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person being clever or quick to notice things. Sometimes, it is used as 'sharp醒'.
2. (adj) Used to describe someone's appearance as being too eye-catching.
Usage: E.g. 哇,乜今日咁sharp醒呀?咁快做哂D野?
E.g. 呢件衫D顏色太sharp喇。Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to someone who is silly and stupid. ie. An imbecile.
Usage: E.g. 唔好成日咁KAI喺到亂咁嗌啦!你係低能定係白痴架?!
E.g. Don't be so kai yelling all the time! Are you low b or an idiot?