香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing idiom used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who refuses to concede despite knowing that they made the mistake in the first place. '死雞撐飯蓋' can also be shortened to '死撐' sometimes.

用法: E.g. You know you've done wrong! Stop being like a dead chicken propping up the rice cooker lid!

同義詞: 死雞撐飯蓋

參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms

定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students love to use to refer to having an argument with another person in a peaceful, academic manner.

用法: E.g. 我同我個男朋友平時好鍾意嗌交，嗌吓呢樣又嗰樣，不過都係debate姐。(I like to argue with my boyfriend all the time, about this and that, but it's just debating.)

同義詞: 辯論

參考: https://www.threads.com/@yyanchi._/post/C3_6NO0ySjE?hl=zh-hk

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use as a more socially appealing way to refer to a conversation that goes beneath the surface to explore a person's inner thoughts, which everyone knows it can be hard to initiate with someone or even mention.

用法: E.g. 但每個人對deep talk既定義都唔同。我本身覺得deep talk應該係d要用下腦既話題 (But everyone's definition of deep talk is different. I actually think deep talk should refer to topics that require us to think a little bit.)

同義詞: 深度對話

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3598156/page/1

定義: Pronounced as 'dee', this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers to refer to using the 'delete' button on a keyboard to get rid of something when using the computer.

用法: E.g. Del左呢個paragraph，再加返個conclusion，然後再send比我啦。

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

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used to describe something that happened at a later time than expected. (延遲)

用法: E.g. 今次班機delay左好耐。下次搵第二間航空公司喇!

同義詞: 延遲

定義: A way to sound more certain and less hesitant when your friend/boyfriend/girlfriend is asking you whether you want to do something with him or her.

用法: E.g. 朋友: 聽日去唔去睇戲呀？ 你: Depends啦。 E.g. 女朋友: 係咪聽日去shopping呀? 你: Depends啦。 E.g. 女朋友: 係咪聽日去shopping呀? 你: 睇下點啦。　*啪！*

同義詞: 睇下點

定義: Known as 'JM tone', this is a code-mixing word that Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man use to refer to reserving someone, even though it is criticised as Fake ABC English due to a most likely wrong word usage.

用法: E.g. 上天會deserve一個好好嘅人等緊我。(意思：reserve)

參考: https://inews.hket.com/article/1522091/Janice%20Man英文教室%20%20教你練成JM%20Tone

定義: (Jyutping) Ask for the reason of things happened

用法: Dim gaai zeoi gan sing jat lok jyu? (點解最近成日落雨？） - Why it always rain recently?

同義詞: 點解, Why, 為什麼

定義: Originated from the warning sounds of the bells when a tram is driving in Hong Kong, this is an Englishised code-mixing term which refers to the tram that can be taken in the Hong Kong Tramways on Hong Kong Island.

用法: Let's take a tour of Hong Kong Island by taking the Ding Ding!

同義詞: 叮叮, 電車

參考: https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/explore/attractions/hong-kong-tramways.html

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong parents when they want to train their kids to be more well-behaved and organised without sounding so harsh and verbose.

用法: E.g. 你今次考試考到咁低分。以後要discipline啲去溫書，知唔知？！(You got such a low mark in the exam this time. From now on, you should have more discipline to study, understand?)

同義詞: 有紀律