香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers often use to ask someone to go to an event in a polite and semi-formal manner.

用法: E.g. A: 可唔可以叫埋我個friend黎？B: 好呀，等我invite埋佢啦。(A: Can you get my friend to come as well? B: Sure, let me invite him.)

同義詞: 邀請

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2051830/page/2

定義: Derived from '母校', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to a school that a person has graduated from. ie. Alma mater.

用法: Well I’m a Catholic. I believe in what I have been taught when I was in my mother secondary school, Wah Yan Kowloon.

同義詞: 母校

參考: https://www.inmediahk.net/node/政經/李家超透露是天主教徒-感謝「mother-secondary-school」教誨

定義: Originated from a Hong Kong TV advertisement in the 90's, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a second chance, which is most known for warning someone that there is no second chance in life.

用法: E.g. 香港的公益廣告曾有一句廣告詞「生命無『Take two』」很深入人心，意思是說「生命沒有第二次機會，要珍惜生命」(Hong Kong's public service advertisements once had a well-known slogan "There is no 'Take two' in life", which means "there is no second chance in life, we must cherish life".)

同義詞: 第二次機會

參考: https://www.tkww.hk/epaper/view/newsDetail/1674492649207500800.html

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 used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a friend who gets along with you very well, even though it does not always mean it is someone who you can have a deep talk with, unlike '老best' in Cantonese meaning old best friend.

用法: E.g. 我同我“Best Friend”玩咗好多年，但實際上我從來都無同過佢講我嘅心事，心入面仲會成日妒忌佢，成日當佢係我競爭對手，究竟咁樣仲叫唔叫best friend 呢.... (E.g. I played with my "Best Friend" for years, but in fact I have never shared what is in my heart with him, and would often be jealous of him and treat him as my competitor Is that still called a best friend?)

同義詞: 最好朋友

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/705900/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: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the rundown of a presentation and how well the speaker articulates his speech and transitions between ideas.

用法: E.g. 返工做present口窒窒點樣改善？理解自己想講既野，設計好個flow, 當講故事咁講出黎。千其唔好死記硬背 (E.g. How to improve yourself if you stutter while presenting at work? Try to understand what you want to say, design the flow, and tell it like a story. Don't memorise it like a script.)

同義詞: 流程

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2675045/page/1

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

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 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