香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to an employment position. (工作)

用法: E.g. Ａ：搵到job未呀? Ｂ：搵緊喇。\nE.g. Ａ：近排有接job嗎? Ｂ：好似好多人搶job。

同義詞: 工作

參考: https://freehunter.hk/news/freelancer搵job三大必睇重點

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a paragraph of job responsibilities that may be lacking in detail in order to cover up the downsides of the job position.

用法: E.g. 基本上所謂嘅「正職」，份份都搞唔撚掂，睇job description已經feel到伏到爆；人工就好似倒退咁，俾$20,000已經好似唔想俾咁。(Basically the so-called "full-time job", I cannot really handle every one of these jobs, as reading the job descriptions already makes me feel like it's a trap; Salary is like a regression, and $20,000 is already something they don't want to give.)

同義詞: 工作內容; 職務描述

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_hfKA8ePg/

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to the activity of finding a job, which definitely sounds more fun, exciting and challenging than the Cantonese equivalent terms '求職' and '找工作'.

用法: E.g. A: 你搵到工嗎? B: 冇呀，我仲喺到job hunting。

同義詞: 求職, 找工作

參考: https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/1opsow8/job_hunting_socialising_in_hk/

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers often use to refer to the act of becoming a part of a group or party, but sometimes without the responsibility or effort of attending or participating.

用法: E.g. A: 今晚join唔join個after party? B: Join左喇，不過懶得去囉。(Will you join the after party tonight? B: I have joined already, but I'm too lazy to go.)

同義詞: 加入，參加

參考: https://www.threads.com/@harpymill/post/DT0laZJDJNR/video-唔好意思係咪太遲join個party尋秦記-豎琴-harp-香港

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a CV or resume that has a work history of many different jobs in a short period of time.

用法: E.g. ＨＲ：你份ＣＶ太jumpy喇！Ｄ公司睇到唔會想見你！

定義: Pronounced as the fifth tone in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something or someone that is strange or embarrassing.

用法: E.g. 下次唔好入錯課室咁kam喇。 E.g. 佢份人真係好kam!

參考: https://www.stheadline.com/culture/3230860/香港潮語2023香港40個最新潮語結集-壞過婉婷升級版係咩啱呀唔係附和你

定義: A classic Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to picking up, chatting up and courting someone, especially girls. Even though this is considered a more serious term than 'flirting', it is still very often used to describe someone who is just chatting up the opposite sex but not necessarily looking for romance, especially for the long term.

用法: E.g. Tonight go ng go kau lui? (Want to pick up girls tonight?)

同義詞: 溝

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,39072

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used with “啱key”, which refers to whether you get along well with somebody. Explanation: like the key in a piece of music.

用法: Eg. 你同你朋友啱唔啱key呀？

參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/啱key

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to the places Kwun Tong or Kai Tak interchangebly.

用法: E.g.「約咗男朋友出街，地點係啟德，佢話係6:30 kt等，我6:30到咗，問佢係邊，佢話就到觀塘，我：???唔係6:30啟德等咩？佢話kt係觀塘。」(I arranged to go out with my boyfriend, the place is Kai Tak. He said wait at KT at 6:30, so I arrived at 6:30. Then I asked where he was, he said he was arriving at Kwun Tong. I said, 'What? I thought it was 6:30 at Kai Tak.' He said KT is Kwun Tong.)

同義詞: 觀塘, 啟德

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVsSQu4CEvp/?igsh=ejZ5bzB5NGhjbHpx (使用手機版本)

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to get someone to hurry up, which is similar to the phrase 'chop chop' in English. (Also see 'ja ja lum'.)

用法: E.g. La la lum get your homework done! E.g. Leave now or you'll miss the train! La la lum la!

同義詞: 嗱嗱臨