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定義: Known as Kongish and a much stronger version of 'chi sin' (痴線), this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers describe someone who is crazy, or a situation that is outrageous or unbelievable. (黐孖筋 - ci1 maa1 gan1) Literal meaning: To have your twin wires sticking together, causing short circuit in the brain.
用法: E.g. Why did you scold me?! Are you chi ma gun??!!
E.g. Chi ma gun! Don't dare to drive after drinking alchohol again!!同義詞: 黐孖筋
定義: A code-mixing term used to mean fashionable and attractive. However, it can also refer to being snobby sometimes.
用法: E.g. 哇,你載左太陽眼鏡好cool呀。
E.g. 唔好成日係到扮cool啦。你以為你自己好型咩?參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a common code-mixing slang term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a western male person, which is transliterated from '鬼佬', meaning 'ghost man'.
用法: E.g. Try talking to the gweilo to practice your English!同義詞: 鬼佬參考: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gweilo
定義: (textspeak) Derived from '狗噏' meaning 'dog uttering', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to talking non-sense, like bullsh*t. It is also often pronounced as '鳩噏' as a vulgar expression.
用法: E.g. Stop 9up and bragging about your achievements all the time! (唔好成日喺到鳩噏車大炮啦!)同義詞: 狗噏, 鳩噏參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/9up
定義: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is very unadvanced in technology. There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野,Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition. '撈' refers to '有得撈', which means you can earn a living.
用法: E.g. 今時今日唔可以再咁low tech架喇。快D買返部智能手機啦。參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf
定義: A nicer-sounding phrase than '重複檢查' or '檢查兩次', which means to check again or check two times.
用法: E.g. 每次考試時記住double check份卷。
定義: A code-mixing phrase that is often mistakened as grammatically incorrect due to the word 'very' being considered redundant, as 'delicious' already denotes the meaning of very yummy. However, it originates from '好好味' in Cantonese, which means 'very very tasty'.
用法: E.g. 哇,D野食真係very delicious呀。同義詞: 好好味