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定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a year where one’s Chinese zodiac offends or clashes with the God of Tai Sui, which means the fortune of the year will not be as smooth as others.
用法: I was born in the year of the snake and I am fan tai sui this year! Let’s go to the temple to pray for protection and peace!同義詞: 犯太歲參考: https://chinesenewyear.net/zodiac/tai-sui/
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers use to describe a business structure that scams people and is prone to collapse or failure, as 'chicken' (雞) in Cantonese can also be used to describe something cheap or weak.
用法: E.g. This company has people coming to work and leaving the job all the time! Such build chicken shed!同義詞: 搭雞棚參考: https://ukdodgy.com/2024/04/06/scam
定義: A code-mixing term that is used in place of '交'.
用法: E.g. 同學：份功課幾時due呀？你：好似聽日due得喇喎。
定義: Pronounced as 'shalup', this is a code-mixing term used to tell somebody to shut up immediately.
用法: E.g. 好鬼嘈呀！快D shalup啦！
E.g. 同學：Shalup！老師就快到喇！同義詞: 收聲
定義: A shortened code-mixing term for 'duplicate'. (verb)
用法: E.g. 呢part好似dup多左次。
E.g. 你dup多份做template，然後再改會好D。
定義: A code-mixing term that can also be used to refer to a non-human object.
用法: E.g. 咁快開波？等我warm up吓先。
E.g. 同事A：喂，部機咁慢既？ 同事B：部機要warm up吓先得架。
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to the part of the song that is repeated several times. (副歌）
用法: E.g. 老師：今次唱得唔錯。不過我地再黎多次個chorus呀，唔該。
E.g. 老師：我地一齊再唱多次段副歌！學生：副歌？老師，你係邊到黎架？
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to tell somebody to hurry up, which is similar to the phrase 'chop chop' in English. (Also see 'la la lum')
用法: E.g. Ja ja lum go to school now or you will miss the bus!
Eg. Finish your homework! Ja ja lum la!同義詞: 咋咋臨
