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定義: A shortened code-mixing term that refers to 'certificate'.
用法: E.g. 我終於考到張cert喇！
定義: A code-mixing term that is often used instead of '取錄'.
用法: E.g. 家人：邊間大學比左offer你呀？ 你：仲未有offer呀。唔知幾時呢？
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: 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: A shortened code-mixing term for 'professional'. (adjective)
用法: E.g. 哇，你打tennis好pro呀。可以叫你一聲大佬嗎？
E.g. 耳機都買到咁靚？洗唔洗咁pro呀？
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing idiom used by native Hong Kongers to describe a situation where you cannot force someone into seeking help if they do not accept it.
用法: E.g. I offered to help him with his homework but he never sent it over. Oh well... if the cow doesn't drink water, you cannot press the cow's head down.同義詞: 牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms
定義: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to a simulated military battle game where air guns are used. It is more appropriate to use than the Cantonese equivalent ‘野戰‘ because fighting a wild battle has sexual connotations in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 男：不如一齊打war game好嗎？ 女：好呀 (Boy: What about playing war game together? Girl: Sure!)
E.g. 男：不如一齊打野戰好嗎？女：*啪！* (Boy: What about fighting a wild battle together? Girl: *Slap!*同義詞: 野戰參考: https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/cbrc/cbcl/doc/ppt/david_li.pdf
定義: Pronounced with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that refers to 'calculator'. Also used as 'cal機' sometimes.
用法: E.g. 唔該借個cal機比我呀？
E.g. 試下用caltor check吓個answer。同義詞: 計數機參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s
