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定義: A more subtle way for Hong Kongers to refer to the undergarment worn by women, as the Cantonese equivalent term '胸圍' may sound too explicit and embarrassing in mentioning the female's body part.
用法: E.g. 哎呀,我今日唔記得左載bra添。
同義詞: 胸圍
參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf
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: 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 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: Known as Kongish, this is a phrase used by native Hong Kongers to place blame on someone in order to let him/her to face charges of crime.
用法: E.g. Let's build raw pork meat on this guy!
同義詞: 砌生豬肉
參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/砌生豬肉
定義: Often 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
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid seeming as if you have almost forgotten to mention something.
用法: E.g. By the way, 你可唔可以幫我搞掂埋呢份proposal? E.g. By the way, 你今晚幾時得閒呀?
同義詞: 順便講
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by GenZ Hong Kongers as a short and polite way to dismiss someone, especially when resigning from a job.
用法: E.g. 上司:你唔做喇? GenZ: 呢封係我辭職信,bye and thx. (Boss: You're quitting? Gen Z: Here's my resignation letter. Bye and thanks.)
同義詞: 再見多謝
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc-2OFyiUMW/?img_index=3&stkn=MXVwc2N4enVteWtnZQ== (使用手機版本)
定義: Pronounced with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that refers to 'calculator'. Also used as 'cal機' sometimes.
用法: E.g. 唔該借個cal機比我呀? E.g. 試下用caltor check吓個answer。
同義詞: 計數機
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person with a feminised voice.
用法: E.g. 我覺得呢個男人cam cam哋。唔知真係男人定係女人呢?
參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html