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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: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the initial notification sent by a university presenting an acceptance of an applicant for a course, often provided that the applicant fulfills a number of conditions and the payment as well.
用法: E.g. A: 大學出左offer比你未? B: 收到同接受左喇,但係仲未正式取錄。(A: Have you received the offer from university yet? B: I received it and accepted it, but the admission is not officially confirmed yet.)
同義詞: 取錄, 錄取通知
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2632592/page/1
定義: A code-mixing phrase that overseas educated Hong Kongers use when they want to express their well-educated guess or opinion on a subject matter without sounding so formal and bookish.
用法: E.g. 呢個program我覺得in general係幾學到野。(I think I can really learn from this program in general.)
同義詞: 一般而言
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3990504/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong parents when they want to train their kids to be more well-behaved and organised without sounding so harsh and verbose.
用法: E.g. 你今次考試考到咁低分。以後要discipline啲去溫書,知唔知?!(You got such a low mark in the exam this time. From now on, you should have more discipline to study, understand?)
同義詞: 有紀律
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person who is a yellow-skinned Asian but speaks English very well. I.e. Yellow on the outside but white on the inside like a bamboo stick. (竹升)
用法: E.g. Please don’t treat me like a bamboo stick! (竹升) I know how to speak Chinese!
同義詞: 竹升
定義: A code-mixing term that is often used with “啱key”, which refers to whether you get along well with somebody. Explanation: like the key in a piece of music.
用法: Eg. 你同你朋友啱唔啱key呀?
參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/啱key
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who is nice and kind, as well as an intimate relationship between a couple.
用法: E.g. 哇,你真係好sweet呀!(貼心) E.g. 呢對情侶好sweet呀。(甜蜜)
同義詞: 貼心, 甜蜜
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe something or someone that is very similar to or combines very well with something or someone.
用法: E.g. 哇,D顏色好match呀。 E.g. 你地簡直係perfect match呀!
同義詞: 配
定義: A code-mixing term used to refer to holding something physically (揸), but with the meaning of waiting for the return of something as well.
用法: E.g. Hold住個電話先。 E.g. 個project兒家hold住左,因為要同個客傾返好先。
同義詞: 揸
參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644