香港中英夾雜字典

invoice

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the formal document sent by a seller to a buyer as a request for payment, which is be differentiated from a receipt.

用法: E.g. 你俾完錢收到嘅果張係叫收據，係receipt，但啲大陸人係統一叫發票。(What you receive after payment should be called a receipt, but mainland Chinese people also refer to it as an invoice.)

同義詞: 發票; 請款單

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2808375/page/1

工作階層夾雜

2026-06-08

定義: With a literal meaning of 'humbly receive', this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers who work in Japanese companies to express politeness before starting to eat a meal, which is equivalent to "Let's eat" in English.

用法: E.g. A: Itadakimas! B: 其實係唔係一定要講？A: 唔係，不過有禮貌啲囉。(A: Itadakimas! B: Do we actually have to say this? A: No, but it's more polite if we do.)

同義詞: 開飯喇, 唔客氣喇, Let's eat

參考: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itadakimasu

工作階層夾雜

2026-03-01

Jayden mania

定義: An Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a set of viral videos created by two Hong Kong KOL Matthew (matthewpwj_) and Janice (janicewanwan), where typical Hong Kong modern mothers are being imitated and mocked by their Cantonese-English code-mixing conversation style that is supposedly awkward. Even though "Jayden" is taken as a popular name for boys in Hong Kong, other names such as Eunice, Benson, Hailey and many more are used.

用法: E.g. Jayden, Mommy told you not to play all day. Have you done your homework?

同義詞: Jayden之亂

參考: https://www.thestandard.com.hk/social-buzz/article/329055/Jayden-mania-How-a-viral-meme-mocking-Hong-Kong-parenting-is-sweeping-the-internet

西方化香港人夾雜

2026-05-04

JD

定義: Short for 'job description', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kong HR departments like to use to refer to the piece of text that describes the job nature and responsibilities of a position in a company, which may be long or short depending on how much they want an applicant to know about the job.

用法: E.g. 又話會send份JD比我睇？你send左去邊度？(I thought you were going to send me the JD to have a look? Where did you send it to?)

同義詞: 工作內容

參考: https://english.cool/job-description/

工作階層夾雜

2026-03-10

join

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers often use to refer to the act of becoming a part of a group or party, but sometimes without the responsibility or effort of attending or participating.

用法: E.g. A: 今晚join唔join個after party? B: Join左喇，不過懶得去囉。(Will you join the after party tonight? B: I have joined already, but I'm too lazy to go.)

同義詞: 加入，參加

參考: https://www.threads.com/@harpymill/post/DT0laZJDJNR/video-唔好意思係咪太遲join個party尋秦記-豎琴-harp-香港

本土香港人夾雜

2026-02-23

kau

定義: A classic Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to picking up, chatting up and courting someone, especially girls. Even though this is considered a more serious term than 'flirting', it is still very often used to describe someone who is just chatting up the opposite sex but not necessarily looking for romance, especially for the long term.

用法: E.g. Tonight go ng go kau lui? (Want to pick up girls tonight?)

同義詞: 溝

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,39072

本地學生夾雜

2026-03-10

lai see

定義: A romanised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to the red packets of cash given as gifts during Chinese New Year. Even though the first character of the phrase should be pronounced as 'lai' or 'lei' with a short vowel in Cantonese, it is often pronounced as 'laai' with a long vowel when in romanised form, leading to the expression sounding like 'laai see' (瀨屎), which means to poop in one's pants in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. Expat: Have you got any lai see during Chinese New Year? HK'er: Laai see? Sure! I have laaaai see today. Just kidding.

同義詞: 利是

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/2007/

西方化香港人夾雜

2026-02-23