香港中英夾雜字典

定義: To reserve something, such as an appointment or place, without sounding like it's a date.

用法: E.g. 請問你幫我book左個appointment未? E.g. 聽日book左枱未呀？（訂枱）

同義詞: 訂; 約

參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf

定義: Originated from a tradition where people would donate gifts to those in need, this is a code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who do not want to be misunderstood as the day on which they would open presents, as the Cantonese equivalent terms denote the opening of presents on that day.

用法: E.g. 聽日就係boxing day。你會去邊到shopping？(Tomorrow is boxing day. Where will you go shopping?)

同義詞: 節禮日, 拆禮物日

參考: https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/拆禮物日

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a meeting that highlights the key points rather than something that is more like a presentation.

用法: E.g. 返工要提前返去briefing又唔計工時係咪犯法？(Is it illegal for an employee to go to work earlier for a briefing but not pay them salary?)

同義詞: 簡報會

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2566840/page/1

定義: An Englishised code-mixing term used to describe someone who is so calm and relaxed like the almighty Buddha such that he or she does not have time to chase the opposite sex, but focuses on work and personal interests only. Sometimes, it is also used to describe someone who does not get angry easily when things happened.

用法: E.g. Why don't you find a girlfriend? Are you the buddha-type person? E.g. *bump* That hurt when you bumped into me! But I'm okay, my friend!

同義詞: 佛系

參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/cantonese-slang-of-the-week-buddha-type

定義: A code-mixing term that only upper class Hong Kongers know how to use to refer to a meal where people serve themselves the food because of the French origin of the word which makes it so hard to pronounce properly.

用法: E.g. A: 放假不如食buffet呀？B: 你指蒲飛？(A: What about eating buffet during holiday? B: You mean po-fei?)

同義詞: 蒲飛

參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/生日飯-餐廳-推介-推薦-生日餐廳-235652146.html

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used by people in the IT sector to refer to a computer bug (漏洞).

用法: E.g. 唔係掛？今次個program有咁多bug？！

同義詞: 漏洞

定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers use to describe a business structure that scams people and is prone to collapse or failure, as 'chicken' (雞) in Cantonese can also be used to describe something cheap or weak.

用法: E.g. This company has people coming to work and leaving the job all the time! Such build chicken shed!

同義詞: 搭雞棚

參考: https://ukdodgy.com/2024/04/06/scam

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by Hong Kong Legislative Council members to refer to a lease condition where the lot owner is required to complete the development within a specified period and obtain an Occupation Permit from the Building Authority. However, it is not to be confused with 'environmental permit'.

用法: E.g. 劉文君發言後，林筱魯再提醒發言表達專業用語時要考慮公眾能否理解。劉文君說：「頭先官員都有用building covenant㗎！enviromental permit我唔知你哋中文叫做咩嘢。」(After Lau's speech, Lin reminded him to consider whether the public would understand such professional terminology. Lau said, "The officials used building covenant just now! I don't know what you meant by 'environmental permit' in Chinese.")

同義詞: 建築規約

參考: https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20260211/bkn-20260211164003550-0211_00822_001.html

定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who have quite an expectation towards the price of a hamburger.

用法: E.g. 你一個垃圾burger，要人畀過百蚊，根本冇可能長做長有。(Expecting people to pay over one hundred dollars for a trash burger is not sustainable in the long term.)

同義詞: 漢堡

參考: https://www.edigest.hk/投資熱話/富二代-鍾培生-fiveguys-執笠-ed01-1934440/2/

定義: Sometimes expressed in negative form, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a less direct way of rejecting someone's idea without saying they don't believe, accept or agree with that person.

用法: E.g. 我暫時唔係好buy你個idea，不過我會諗諗。(I don't really buy your idea at the moment, but I will think about it.)

同義詞: 相信; 接受; 同意

參考: https://words.hk/zidin/buy