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定義: A code-mixing term that refers to a person's microphone being muted while in a meeting.
用法: E.g. 同事:喂,我聽唔到呀,你mute左呀。快D搵人叫佢unmute返啦。
定義: A code-mixing term that is used when you want to avoid describing someone as being '衰' or not nice.
用法: E.g. 男仔:喂,我覺得你咁樣講野好衰呀。女朋友:你話我衰?! E.g. 男仔:喂,我覺得你咁樣講野好mean呀。女朋友:講得岩。我有時講野係mean左D,不過唔至於係衰。
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to the revision notes that they would read at the last moment before a DSE exam.
用法: E.g. 最後一分鐘(Last minute)系列 - 你點睇? (What do you think of the book series called Last Minute?)
同義詞: 最後一分鐘
參考: https://blog.tutorcircle.hk/33397/最後一分鐘-last-minute-有冇用-好唔好/#google_vignette
定義: Often used as 'doing the gym' (做gym) in Cantonese, this refers to doing exercise in the gym. Sometimes, it is used as 'gym room', which people may mistaken as '健身室室'.
用法: E.g. 一唔一齊去做gym呀? E.g. 我仲喺gym room呀,遲D再call你啦。
同義詞: 健身室
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: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to leaving past memories behind so they can progress or continue in life.
用法: E.g. 被分手嘅大家係點move on? (How does everyone move on from a breakup?)
同義詞: 繼續前行
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2705628/page/6
定義: The Hong Kong way of referring to a female police officer (女警官).
用法: E.g. 女警:Target出現。全世界出動!下屬:Yes, Madam!
同義詞: 女警官
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term that is often used to refer to a computer document (文件).
用法: E.g. 唔該你send份document過黎呀。記住要pdf喎。
同義詞: 文件
參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who is dumb, inexperienced, and immature.
用法: E.g. Pay attention to what the person who is saying during the meeting! Stop acting like a primary school chicken!
同義詞: 小學雞
定義: (vulgar) Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe a female person who is nosy and meddles in other people's business. Similar to 'bitch' in English. Literal meaning of 八婆: eight old woman
用法: E.g. Mind your own business, eight woman! (八婆) E.g. Are you done messing around, die eight woman?! (死八婆) E.g. You are such an eight woman! (正八婆)
同義詞: 八婆
參考: https://www.secretchina.com/news/b5/2013/11/29/521805.html