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定義: (verb) A code-mixing term meaning to continue doing or retain control of something.
用法: E.g. 日日keep fit先會健康架。 E.g. 你D身材keep得幾好喎。 E.g. 我地以後keep contact啦。 E.g. 不如keep in touch好唔好？
同義詞: 保持
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxrKXQowtvk
定義: A code-mixing term used by the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department to describe something as very cool and awesome. However, the AI anti-drug video that used this word was taken down due to citizens suspecting that the video was promoting the illegal use of drugs rather than banning it.
用法: E,g 可樂消暑易入口，幫你提神保持清醒腦筋。超dope！(Coke is refreshing, easy to drink, and helps perk you up and keep your mind sharp. Super dope!)
同義詞: 超正、超酷、超讚
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19qZb17o2A
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to negotiating terms and conditions of an employment agreement or contract in addition to just the salary.
用法: E.g. Offer人工太低 簽約嗰陣仲有無得bargain? (If I am being offered a low salary, can I still bargain when signing the contract?)
同義詞: 講價
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1130972/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by a Jayden Mami to refer to a washroom or restroom in a direct manner without sounding too blunt.
用法: E.g. Jessie, 你宜家好去定toilet呀, 如果陣間watching, Mami唔想stand up disturb到人呀。(Jessie, you should go to the toilet now. Later while watching movie, Mami doesn't want to stand up and disturb anybody.)
同義詞: 廁所
參考: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZmrL7QghVL/?igsh=dHAyMGZjMG95aHNz (使用手機版本)
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a more abstract way of referring to a person's relationship status without a partner than emphasizing the physical body as ‘單身’ denotes in Cantonese. Even though 'dog' is seen as a derogatory term, the phrase is often treated as a common everyday joke than it is really mocking someone seriously.
用法: E.g. 無論班女仔fd幾大班，三個又好，五個又好，十幾個又好，都係得我係single dog (No matter how big my group of female friends is, three or five or ten, I am the single dog.)
同義詞: 單身狗
參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/708381/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use when they want to illustrate a point from a certain person’s role, but without much emphasis on what it means to be in that role entirely.
用法: E.g. 或者只係as一個消費者去against for尊重及權益：呢個只係好first step嘅抗議。我地有權維護自己利益，再而就罷買 (Or just as a consumer to against for respect and rights - This is just a very first step protest. We have the right to uphold our own interests and then boycott as a consumer.)
同義詞: 作為
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/113938/page/23
定義: Often seen as redundant, this is a code-mixing phrase used by working class Hong Kongers when they really want to show politeness towards the email's receiver in a request.
用法: E.g. Please kindly find the attached document.
同義詞: 請
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong actress and singer JW as a less direct way to describe someone with a bad personality.
用法: E.g. I am not saying he is a bad person, 佢都係好人嚟㗎，男人我明白會有犯呢啲錯啦，但係當我係個受害者嘅時候，我就make咗呢個decision... (I am not saying he is a bad person, he is a good person after all, I understand men make these kind of mistakes, but since I was a victim, I made this decision...)
同義詞: 我唔係想講佢係一個壞/品質差既人
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who have quite an expectation towards the price of a hamburger.
用法: E.g. 你一個垃圾burger，要人畀過百蚊，根本冇可能長做長有。(Expecting people to pay over one hundred dollars for a trash burger is not sustainable in the long term.)
同義詞: 漢堡
參考: https://www.edigest.hk/投資熱話/富二代-鍾培生-fiveguys-執笠-ed01-1934440/2/
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a feature or quality of a product that persuades people to buy it. Compared to '賣點' in Cantonese, selling point can often extend to services and people, and can refer to personal attractiveness or uniqueness.
用法: E.g. 以前佢地D selling point 係聽話忠誠 (Their selling point used to be that they were willing to listen and loyal to their customers.)
同義詞: 賣點
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3746011/page/2