香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe a man whose wife is cheating on him.

用法: E.g. Why did you have to cheat on me and let me wear the green hat for so long?!!

同義詞: 載綠帽

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now?utm_campaign=likeshopme&utm_medium=instagram&utm_source=dash+hudson&utm_content=www.instagra (使用手機版本)

定義: (verb) A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers love to use to refer to hanging out and having fun, especially in bars and clubs.

用法: E.g. 今晚諗住去邊到wet呀? E.g. 媽：比心機讀書。唔好成日掛住we we wet wet啦！

同義詞: 蒲

參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/624997/21句顯老潮語-好in-kai子聽到打冷震-m嘢-格格蕉蕉咩意思#media_id=6904876

定義: Originated from 'thank you' and often pronounced as '釘橋' meaning nail bridge in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to express their gratitude towards someone.

用法: E.g. Dank you哂你幫我手呀。不如我今日請你食lunch好嗎？(Thank you for helping me out. What about I treat you lunch today?)

同義詞: thank you, 釘橋

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLR0QEuMT7j/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A classy code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to arranging something for use at a later time, such as a table or room.

用法: E.g. 唔該可唔可以幫我make個reservation留兩張枱？(Excuse me, can you help me make a reservation for two tables?)

同義詞: 預訂

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3981159/page/19

定義: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to the DIY handicrafts that can be easily made by anyone, even though such crafts do require creativity to be unique enough like the fine arts sometimes.

用法: E.g. A: 請問你地啲手工藝係咪真係幫到人舒緩壓力？你地係咪讀心理學架？B: 吓？我都想。其實我地都係偏向arts架。(A: May I ask whether your handicrafts really help people to relieve their stress? Do you study psychology? B: What? I wish I do. Actually, we lean more towards the arts.)

同義詞: 美術, 勞作

定義: A code-mixing phrase that Hong Kongers use to refer to having low intelligence or being stupid. Also used as '低B' sometimes.

用法: E.g. 唔好咁low b係到周圍大叫啦！ E.g. 低B仔，你係咪仲未get要做咩呀？

同義詞: 低B

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html

定義: A code-mixing term used by a Jayden Mami as a broad umbrella term for a variety of different places that serve food in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. Hailey, Mami頭先同你講去restaurant之前去定toilet。我一早估到你會急架。你兒家睇吓條queue幾long？又要等又要wait喇！(Hailey, Mami just told you to go to the toilet before going to the restaurant. And I have expected that you want to go to the toilet now. But can you see how long the queue is right now? We have to wait and wait again!)

同義詞: 餐廳; 酒家; 飯店; 餐館; 食店

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaINmQPARlx/ (使用手機版本)

定義: Even though the word 'double' may seem redundant, this is a code-mixing expression that is often used in the workplaces of Hong Kong when you want to verify something.

用法: E.g. 可唔可以double confirm吓個schedule呀？ E.g. 唔該幫我double confirm吓每一個detail呀。

同義詞: 雙重確認

參考: https://smelab.com.hk/職場英語-double-confirm-reconfirm/

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。

同義詞: 比較喜歡

定義: Originated from the name of a French food company, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person's big buttocks or hitting someone's buttocks.

用法: E.g. 香港顧客每次行過海港城或者各大商場分店，一見到個招牌就往往忍唔住用廣東話讀成「大籮柚」或者「打籮柚」，甚至連買雪糕同朱古力嗰陣都腦海自動洗腦 (Every time Hong Kong customers walk across a branch in Harbour City or a big shopping mall, they often can't help but pronounce the shop's sign as "big buttocks" or "hit buttocks" in Cantonese. Even when they are just buying ice-cream and chocolate, their minds are automatically brainwashed.)

同義詞: 大蘿柚; 打籮柚

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdwORP1km-F/?stkn=N2Y4ZXdtc3NrbWgx (使用手機版本)