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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。
同義詞: 欣賞
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a phrase used by native Hong Kongers to place blame on someone in order to let him/her to face charges of crime.
用法: E.g. Let's build raw pork meat on this guy!
同義詞: 砌生豬肉
參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/砌生豬肉
定義: A generic code-mixing term used for a number of Chinese words meaning 'case', in order to maximise communicative efficiency.
用法: E.g. 喂,阿John。同我follow下個case得嗎?(個案) E.g. 今次呢單case好似唔簡單。(案件) E.g. 呢個病人個case睇嚴重D喎。(病情) E.g. 我明白你個case。(情況)
同義詞: 個案; 案件
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to refer to talking to someone in order to know what they have been doing.
用法: E.g. 我地幾時會再catch up吓?好耐冇見喇。
同義詞: 趕上進度
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to pulling a face that looks pretentious in order to look cool.
用法: E.g. 林峯:你睇吓我個樣夠唔夠chok?!
參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-hea-chok-chur/
定義: 1. (adj). To describe a hectic state where you are so busy that you feel like you cannot breathe. 2. (verb). An Englishised code-mixing term that refers to exhausting oneself in order to get work done in a short period of time, which is usually brought on by demanding customers or people of high authority.
用法: E.g. 今日返工真係好chur呀。(adj) E.g. 哇,呢個客洗唔洗chur到咁盡呀?比條生路人地行吓好嗎?(verb)
參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-hea-chok-chur/
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to tell somebody to shut the f**k up. It is used instead of the Cantonese equivalent '收皮' in order to tone down the directness of this very rude phrase. It originates from street vendors who used to pack their things up on wooden mats when police arrived back in those days of Hong Kong.
用法: E.g. 喂,講完未呀?Collect skin啦。E.g. 真係頂你唔順呀,快D collect skin啦。
同義詞: 收皮
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to giving or providing something, in order to help achieve a goal.
用法: E.g. 麻煩大家contribute一吓個discussion。
同義詞: 貢獻
參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: A chic way of saying the word 'feel' in Cantonese, in order to avoid sounding old-fashioned.
用法: E.g. 晨早樓樓係到食薯片,好唔岩feel喎。(noun) E.g. 喂,你今日著成咁,好MKfeel喎。 (noun) E.g. 我feel到佢對我有意思。(verb) E.g. 我對你已經冇哂feel喇。 (noun)
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
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers often use to refer to chatting up or teasing someone in a playful manner, in order to show that you are interested in them romantically. Sometimes, it can be used interchangebly with '溝' in Cantonese, even though by definition it should be considered a technique rather than pursuing someone seriously.
用法: E.g. 條仔想flirt我,但係我冇理佢。(The guy wanted to flirt with me, but I did not pay him attention.) E.g. A: 唔好成日掛住溝女啦。B: Flirt吓姐,唔係溝。(A: Stop picking up girls all the time. B: Just flirting, not really pursuing.)
同義詞: 打情罵俏