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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: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to the physics, chemistry and biology subjects in an ultra convenient and orderly fashion.
用法: E.g. 今次考試要讀哂phy chem bi,真係幾攞命呀。(I will need to study all of physics, chemistry and biology for this exam, which is quite taxing.)
同義詞: 物理, 化學, 生物
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1802219/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe people with high standards of social, moral and ethical behaviour which covers everything from the way they look, dress, and talk.
用法: E.g. 我覺得呢個行業既人都係好proper。(I think everybody in this industry are so proper.)
同義詞: 規矩, 正當, 得體
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/4012349/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Konger girls to refer to having the strength or resilience to handle something emotionally, as in "I can take it", which they can sometimes do to a certain extent.
用法: E.g. 出到嚟網上有咁多言論一路話我,我就覺得算啦,我係做呢行,我take(接受)咗佢啦,唔緊要啦。但take下take下,都take咗年幾兩年 (When I started working in this industry, there were so many discussions on the Internet talking about me, I thought it was okay because I knew I was in this industry, so I took it, it doesn't matter. But as I kept taking this and taking that, I realised that I had already been taking things in for a few years)
同義詞: 承受; 承受壓力
定義: A code-mixing term that Fake ABC's in Hong Kong use to refer to the 'chemistry' between two people, which is the attraction between them.
用法: E.g. 我覺得佢地都幾有chemical reaction。
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s
定義: 話人好chok,即是過度扮型或造作 (To say someone is "chok" means they are trying too hard to look cool, or are overly pretentious.)
用法: 呢個手勢好chok喎,不如換成V字啦 (This gesture is too chok. What about changing it to a V?)
同義詞: 過度扮型或造作
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to sense of frustration that one experiences when travelling to an overseas country.
用法: E.g. 移英 5 年我先發現,真正嘅 culture shock 唔係食物,而係呢啲: (After moving to the UK for five years, I realized that the real culture shock is not the food, but these:) 1. Small talk 唔識接,惟有笑 (Not knowing how to continue a small talk, but just laugh it off.) 2. 開會明明有 idea,但驚發音唔啱唔敢講 (Having an idea to share in a meeting, but dare not to say it because afraid of pronunciation is not right.) 3. 同同事食 lunch,聽到 80% 但唔敢加入 (While having lunch with colleagues, I can understand 80% but dare not to join the conversation.) 4. 打電話畀 GP / council,深呼吸 3 次先撳號碼 (When calling the GP/council, I take 3 deep breaths before tapping the number.) 5. 識到啱傾嘅人,但 small talk 之後就停咗 (When meeting the right person to talk to, I stop talking after a small talk.)
同義詞: 文化衝擊
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BAZRgoSFa0
定義: A code-mixing term used by Gen Z native Hong Kongers that refers to a person who loves food and likes to try different kinds of food. However, it is often used as a term similar to the level of a gourmet even though the person may not be a food expert.
用法: E.g. 而家啲ig foodie以為自己真係食評家。(Nowadays the foodies on IG really think they are real gourmets.)
同義詞: 美食愛好者
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2093295/page/1
定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers when one feels embarassed about something stupid that he has done but still wishes to admit it honestly. While the phrase is English-sounding with Holland being a western country and Ben being an English name, it is actually homophonous with '好撚笨柒' in Cantonese, which has the literal meaning of 'very f***ing stupid penis'.
用法: E.g. I forgot my wallet at home! I am Holland Ben 7!
同義詞: 好撚笨柒, Holland Bank Cheque
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to someone who was born or grew up in a particular country, which Hong Kongers find it a lot more convenient to use than the Cantonese equivalent words because it requires much less linguistic effort.
用法: E.g. 你係唔係native speaker黎架?(講本國語既人) E.g. 你D英文係咪native架?(純正本土口音)