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contribute

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to giving or providing something, in order to help achieve a goal. 用法: E.g. 麻煩大家contribute一吓個discussion。同義詞: 貢獻參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ

wok of congee

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a situation of utter chaos and mess. 用法: E.g. Do enough planning beforehand or your project will end up in a wok of congee!同義詞: 一鑊粥

boil telephone congee

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to refer to talking on the phone for hours. (煲電話粥) 用法: E.g. Stop boiling telephone congee with your friend every day!同義詞: 煲電話粥參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/8-colloquialisms-unique-to-cantonese

concern

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to express worry about something. 用法: E.g. 最近公司既野收入令到我好concern。參考: https://www.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/職場英語-盤點辦公室改不掉的中英夾雜-double-comfirm是錯的/1301-25515

con

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to contact lens. 用法: E.g. 港女:我唔要戴眼鏡。我要戴con!參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

double confirm

定義: Even though the word 'double' may seem redundant, this is a code-mixing expression that is often used in the workplaces of Hong Kong when you want to verify something. 用法: E.g. 可唔可以double confirm吓個schedule呀? E.g. 唔該幫我double confirm吓每一個detail呀。參考: https://smelab.com.hk/職場英語-double-confirm-reconfirm/

mm ho yi si

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use when they want to apologise politely for something. 用法: E.g. *Holding up a queue* Mm ho yi si. E.g. *Butts into a conversation* Mm ho yi si. Where is the MTR?同義詞: 唔好意思參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/travel/basic-cantonese-phrases-every-traveller-to-hong-kong-needs-to-know

mother school

定義: Derived from '母校', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to a school that a person has graduated from. ie. Alma mater. 用法: Well I’m a Catholic. I believe in what I have been taught when I was in my mother secondary school, Wah Yan Kowloon.同義詞: 母校參考: https://www.inmediahk.net/node/政經/李家超透露是天主教徒-感謝「mother-secondary-school」教誨

pineapple chicken

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who likes leeching off others. (菠羅雞 - bo1 lo4 gai1) 用法: E.g. That girl is such a pineapple chicken! She just comes every time for the benefits and does not share or contribute.同義詞: 菠羅雞參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/60017/

db

定義: A code-mixing word that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to '資料庫' in the IT sector. Also see 'database'. 用法: E.g. 連得到個db未? 定係connect唔到呢?同義詞: 資料庫