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香港中英夾雜字典

當代粵英夾雜字典


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prefer

定義: A code-mixing term by native Hong Kongers to avoid saying the word 'like' in order to sound more professional in formal situations, or to avoid sounding biased when you like one item more than another. 用法: E.g. 你prefer今星期邊一日interview呀? E.g. 你prefer幾點睇戲呀? E.g. 我prefer佢個idea多D。

present

定義: An irreplaceable code-mixing term meaning to deliver a speech, as saying the Cantonese equivalent term '匯報' would sound too old school and non-colloquial. 用法: E.g. 你幾時要present呀? E.g. 今次份assignment難唔難present呀?參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers

short

定義: (adj.) insane; malfunctioning; derived from "short circuit". Often used as "sot sot deih", meaning a little insane. 用法: E.g. 你契爺凍到short咗. (Your godfather is freezing to the point of insanity.) E.g. 部冷氣機short左。快D搵人黎整返佢啦。

spin

定義: (verb) A code-mixing term that refers to describing a matter as something else, especially in politics. 用法: E.g. 鍾培生:阿林作好鍾意將件事spin到同政治有關。

sup

定義: A salutation often used by real ABC Hong Kongers to ask how somebody is doing. However, it is often overused by Fake ABC's to strike a western impression on others. (Also used as "what's up") 用法: E.g. 喂,sup man? E.g. 偽ABC:Sup man, sup, sup, sup...人們:得喇。唔好成日唔係又sup又喺到sup啦。好煩呀。

let you be the government official

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to express disbelief at someone in fulfilling a promise. (比個官你做) 用法: E.g. You say you will return your money by tomorrow? I let you be the government official!同義詞: 比個官你做

Sei fo

定義: (Kongish) When something goes completely wrong. Or doesn't work out (fail, flop) 用法: Sei fo! We didn't prepare for the presentation today. It was a total flop!同義詞: 死火

big head shrimp

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone being forgetful and careless, such as forgetting their keys or where they put their phone. (大頭蝦 - daai6 tau4 haa1) 用法: E.g. A: You forgot to bring your wallet? Such a big head shrimp!同義詞: 大頭蝦參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-大頭蝦-big-head-prawn-language-hong-kong/

You dont know how to write the die character

定義: A Kongish expression used to describe someone who is so reckless that he or she is almost getting himself killed or into a big trouble. 用法: You spent all your money on gambling? Do you know how to write the die character?!同義詞: 你唔知個死字點寫

take care

定義: An a lot more gentle and caring way of telling someone to take care of themselves compared to the Cantonese equivalent. Explanation: 你自己照顧自己—>以後你自己搞掂喇—>你自己食自己—>慘慘豬(@V@) 用法: E.g. 媽咪要去旅行喇。你自己take care喇。 E.g. 以後take care喇。Sayorara.