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香港中英夾雜字典

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finance

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use as a broader term to refer to a whole load of stuff related to managing money, assets, investments, borrowing and more. Sometimes, it is also used as another term for money, especially when the word money just sounds sensitive to a person. 用法: E.g. A: 你做咩行業? B: Finance. A: 咁係做銀行, 財務管理, 投資定係咩? (A: What industry do you work in? B: Finance. A: So do you work in bank, asset management, investment or what? E.g. 今餐有D貴。你有冇finance? (This meal is quite expensive. Do you have finance?)同義詞: 金融,財務,財政,資金 參考: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/金融学

appreciate

定義: A posh way of saying that you admire someone's work or effort, in order to show your high social status or higher education background. 用法: E.g. 我好appreciate你個idea. Well done. E.g. 我好appreciate你做既野。不過,你都唔可以迫我accept你個apology。

appetizer

定義: A code-mixing term that upper class Hong Kongers use to refer to a dish of food that is eaten before a meal to stimulate or whet one's appetite. 用法: E.g. D人未到,不如食個appetizer等住先啦?(People have not arrived yet. What about eating an appetizer while we wait?)同義詞: 前菜參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2723472/page/2

By the way

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid seeming as if you have almost forgotten to mention something. 用法: E.g. By the way, 你可唔可以幫我搞掂埋呢份proposal? E.g. By the way, 你今晚幾時得閒呀?

charge

定義: 1. A code-mixing term that refers to a payment for goods or services. 2. Often pronounced as '差廚' (caa1 cyu4), this is a code-mixing term that is used by Hong Kongers to refer to being charged for a crime. 用法: E.g. 呢間餐廳有冇minimum charge? E.g. 今次冇落charge?!真幸運!

hello

定義: Often pronounced as 'ha-lo', this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers often use to greet somebody instead of '你好', which sounds too formal sometimes. 用法: E.g. Ha-lo,我叫Peter。你叫咩名?

check

定義: (verb) A more suitable term for the Cantonese equivalent word '檢查', which sounds too formal and serious, like doing a body check. 用法: E.g. 同我check吓份文件好嗎?參考: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch

say yes

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they show acceptance towards something or someone. Even though it is often used in informal situations and not written down, it can sometimes be official enough like when a girl accepts a guy during a marriage proposal. 用法: E.g. 個女人未say yes直接搶佢隻手戴戒指。(The girl didn't even say yes and he grabbed her hand to put on the ring.)同義詞: 答應參考: https://www.threads.com/@timorese2332/post/DVnTY5-jiQo?xmt=AQF0qy0bkiofGtnpzBvRV8K80eRv2Va6md233oSjBwnVGUCCMt_lLP7oN7zuNkcGOPG9nm0h&slof=1

dress code

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the rules being set on how you should wear for a situation or event. 用法: E.g. 聽晚要去公司function?有冇話咩dress code呀?同義詞: 服裝規範參考: https://www.englishok.com.tw/toeic/toeic-issue/crystal_lee_english_speaking

dim hui

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by foreigners to ask for directions when they are lost in Hong Kong. 用法: E.g. Kowloon tong dim hui?同義詞: 點去?參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/travel/basic-cantonese-phrases-every-traveller-to-hong-kong-needs-to-know