香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A way to avoid losing face or embarassment when you do not know how to answer the boss's question. However, it can be considered unprofessional if used too much at a workplace.

用法: E.g. 你：我搵過好多次，但係somehow條數搵唔到。老細:哦，係呀？（你：我搵過好多次，但係唔知點解條數搵唔到。老細:咁實有原因架喎？） E.g. 你：個printer somehow壞左呀。老細:哦。（你：個printer唔知點解壞左呀。老細:我唔想聽到唔知點解！）

同義詞: 唔知點解

定義: A code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to refer to the kind of lawyer occupation that mostly deals with documents but actually goes to court proceedings at times.

用法: E.g. A: 你係咪做solicitor? 咁咪唔洗上court? B: 都要上court架，少啲咋麻。(A: Are you a solictor? Does that mean you don't need to go to court? B: I need to go to court, but relatively less.)

同義詞: 事務律師

參考: https://cph-legal.com/2022/03/how-to-ace-a-job-interview-at-a-law-firm/

定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to describe going on a trip by oneself without sounding so alone or single.

用法: E.g. 放假時我比較鍾意solo trip，因為咩都唔洗煩。(I like going on solo trips during holiday because I don't need to bother with anything else.)

同義詞: 單獨旅行, 獨旅

參考: https://www.elle.com.hk/life/solo-trip

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to avoid describing a problem as complicated because they have the intelligence to solve it. At other times, there is just not a word that covers all the meanings of intelligent, complicated and even elegant sometimes.

用法: E.g. 呢個問題唔係復雜，只係太過sophisticated。如果你識將個問題分拆，你就會解答得到。 (This problem is not complicated, but just too sophisticated. If you know how to break down the problem, you will be able to solve it.)

同義詞: 複習

參考: https://www.facebook.com/okiokifamily/posts/有人在影片留言反映-為什麼我們有時會中英夾雜-我們一早有注意到這個問題問所以上字幕的時候全部改成為中文只有極少數情況例外例如英文字-sophisticated-/1187675216048224/

定義: A fashionable code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to 'dancing society' in a highly efficient and beautiful manner, just like how they would execute any dance moves.

用法: E.g. 唔係以為danso真係要識跳舞先入得嘛。(You thought you have to know how to dance in order to join dancing society?)

同義詞: dancing society, 舞蹈學會

參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/227225/page/3

定義: This is an Englishised term of the Cantonese words '著數', which refers to advantages that one can offer.

用法: E.g. 如果我幫你，你會比我D咩ｊｅｔｓｏ先？

同義詞: 著數

參考: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2038083/what-exactly-jetso

定義: A code-mixing term that local student Hong Kongers use to refer to 'music society'.

用法: E.g. 唔知mu so今個sem有咩搞呢？

同義詞: 音樂學會

定義: A shortened code-mixing term that refers to 'dancing society'.

用法: E.g. 同學：你參加左咩so呀？你：dan so囉。內地學生：什麼？你：唔好意思。係dancing society呀。

同義詞: 跳舞學會

定義: An overused code-mixing term by real ABC's in Hong Kong when they want to give praise or compliment to something, just like the word '正' in Cantonese but stronger.

用法: E.g. 哇，今次個concert真係awesome！ E.g. Woah! Awesome!

同義詞: 正

定義: A romanised code-mixing term that real ABC’s like to use to refer to toilet. (廁所）

用法: E.g. Excuse me? Where is the chee sor?

同義詞: 廁所

參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/12-phrases-you-need-to-know-before-you-visit-hong-kong#:~:text=An%2520alternative%2520to%2520“hou%2520ging,jeng”%2520if%2520something%2520is%2520awesome.