香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers who are obsessed with the Pokemon trading card game that they are willing to collect and resell pokemon cards of the highest values.

用法: E.g. 藍田站交收 20 萬 Pokemon Card 慘被搶。(A man was robbed while exchanging $200,000 worth of Pokemon Cards at Lam Tin Station.)

同義詞: 精靈寶可夢 (China), 神奇寶貝 (Taiwan), 寵物小精靈 (Hong Kong), ポケモンカードゲーム (Japan)

參考: https://ezone.hk/article/20085941/藍田站交收-萬-pokemon-card-慘被搶去卡錢盡失-網民嘲-咁貴都唔出閘面交/1

定義: Derived from the idiom '眼大睇過龍', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to failing to notice something. ie. To overlook.

用法: E.g. A: Where is my phone? B: It's right here in front of you. You are really 'eyes big see through dragon!'

同義詞: 眼大睇過龍

參考: https://youtu.be/_3hhDIErE2g?si=SLsZUTCKhV5cfm8x

定義: Usually placed at the start of a clause or sentence, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to replace the phrase '無論如何', meaning 'no matter what' in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 我知你好忙，但anyhow，你一定要幫我。

同義詞: 點都好

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to having enough money to buy something without indicating one's ability to cope with such burden.

用法: E.g. 點解要鍾意自己 afford 唔起嘅 luxury? (Why love luxury that you can't afford?)

同義詞: 負擔得起; 買得起

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DP3vop4Epm7/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of '炫耀', which sounds too formal to be used in conversation.  Also used as 'show qualie' sometimes.

用法: E.g. 唔好成日係到show off啦。知道你勁喇。E.g. 成日講野都夾雜英文。你喺到show qualie呀？

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to downloading files from the internet. ('下載') Sometimes, it is shortened to 'down' instead.

用法: E.g. Download個file落黎，再send比我呀唔該。

同義詞: 下載

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something that is so obvious that there is no need to ask anyone about it, especially after finding out the wrong of somebody. 'Ah Gui' is a name that originated from an infamous official (李世桂) in the Qing Dynasty.

用法: E.g. It must be him who let out the secrets! No need to ask Ah Gui!

同義詞: 唔洗問阿貴

參考: https://www.kamadelivery.com/blog/posts/香港10大俗語-地道文化背景大解構/

定義: Pronounced as 'dee', this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers to refer to using the 'delete' button on a keyboard to get rid of something when using the computer.

用法: E.g. Del左呢個paragraph，再加返個conclusion，然後再send比我啦。

參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf

定義: A euphemistic code-mixing term that refers to 'menstruation' in English.  However, it is also used as 'M記' to refer to McDonald\'s.

用法: E.g. 唔好話我聽兒家先黎M麻？ E.g. 今次真係M到阿媽都唔認得喇！E.g. 今日又食M記？唔好喇掛！

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they want to send somebody away formally and politely, even though at times they may not be taking the other person seriously.

用法: E.g. *打斷* 我地傾左咁耐，不如就喺到dismiss啦? (*interrupt* We have been talking for so long. What about dismiss here?)

同義詞: 解散

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2842244/page/13