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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: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who does not show gratitude to those who helped him/her after a goal is reached.
用法: E.g. I have helped you reach your goal and you complete forget about me? So does that mean you finished the ritual and ditch the monk?同義詞: 打完齋唔要和尚參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/打完齋唔要和尚
定義: A term that seems to originate from the English culture and can hardly be replaced by the Cantonese equivalent term '常識'.
用法: E.g. 喂，你咁快就落搭，有冇common sense架？
E.g. 一睇就知係搵笨啦，你有冇common sense架？
E.g. 你好似有常識，不過冇common sense。參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: Derived from 'monitor', this is a highly efficient use of one's eyes to keep track of the progress of somebody or something. Sometimes, even without the use of one's eyes.
用法: E.g. 喂，我咪喺度做緊野囉。你唔洗成日喺度mon住我嘛！
E.g. 你：喂，大佬。你唔洗成日打電話黎mon住我嘛？！！對方：大佬？！你邊隻眼見到我mon住你呀？！！
E.g. Ｄ股市跳得咁勁要成日搵人mon住先得架。
定義: A code-mixing term that is used instead of '典禮'.
用法: E.g. 同學：個ceremony好耐呀，完未架？
同學：你幾時去grad ceremony呀？ 你：我黎唔到個ceremony呀。
定義: Often pronounced as ‘cummun’, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they want to express how common something is without making it sound unpopular or nothing special.
用法: E.g. 做呢個行業好common架咋。(This occupation is so common!)同義詞: 普遍, 普通參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/C04Br91vuJT/
定義: Known as Kongish and derived from '大檸樂', this is a more euphemistic way of saying the vulgar expression '大撚鑊', which means a big f***ing serious trouble has occurred.
用法: E.g. I forgot to hand in my assignment yesterday. Big lemon coke!同義詞: 大檸樂
定義: Derived from '大耳窿' with '窿' sounds like 'loan' in English, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to a person or company that offers loans at extremely high interest rates.
用法: E.g. Don't borrow money from this company. It is a big ear hole!同義詞: 大耳窿
