香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A way to avoid losing face or embarassment when you do not know how to answer the boss's question. However, it can be considered unprofessional if used too much at a workplace.

用法: E.g. 你：我搵過好多次，但係somehow條數搵唔到。老細:哦，係呀？（你：我搵過好多次，但係唔知點解條數搵唔到。老細:咁實有原因架喎？） E.g. 你：個printer somehow壞左呀。老細:哦。（你：個printer唔知點解壞左呀。老細:我唔想聽到唔知點解！）

同義詞: 唔知點解

定義: Originated from ''白菜' (baak6 choi3), this is a romanised code-mixing term used by Hong Kong expats to refer to a popular kind of cabbage served in Chinese restaurants. (Also bak choi, pak choi, pak choy.)

用法: E.g. There are also rich choices of vegetables, e.g. choy sum, spinach, bok choy...

同義詞: 白菜

參考: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316181429_A_dictionary_of_Hong_Kong_English_words_from_the_fragrant_harbor

定義: A chic-sounding code-mixing term used in Hong Kong Cantonese that shows the speaker's education background and western appeal.

用法: E.g. 唔好意思，我週末要去shopping。唔得閒應酬你。 E.g. 做人唔shop下ping邊得呀？

同義詞: 購物

參考: https://sites.google.com/site/hongkonglinguistics/Downhome/language-contact-in-hong-kong/cantonese-englishintra-sententialcode-switchinginhongkong

定義: A more neutral-sounding term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to '購物' or '買野', which signify the commitment to buying things.

用法: E.g. 女朋友：我地聽日去商場啦。男朋友：吓？又買野？！女朋友：唔係呀。去shopping咋嘛。 E.g. 女朋友：我地聽日去shopping啦。男朋友：又買野？！女朋友：去window shopping咋嘛。

參考: https://www.academia.edu/1177618/Cantonese_English_code_switching_research_in_Hong_Kong_A_survey_of_recent_research

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers as a less dramatic way of displaying one's abilities and achievements so that it does not deliberately make others envy you.

用法: E.g. 帶BB 去旅行根本滿足父母show off 私慾，"阿仔未夠一歲坐飛機，勁呢" (Taking a baby on a trip is really just about satisfying the parents' desire to show off—"My kid’s been on a plane before turning one; pretty impressive, right?")

同義詞: 炫耀

參考: https://www.threads.com/@bae146/post/Dd45t-xklle/帶bb-去旅行根本滿足父母show-off-私慾阿仔未夠一歲坐飛機勁呢/

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of '炫耀', which sounds too formal to be used in conversation.  Also used as 'show qualie' sometimes.

用法: E.g. 唔好成日係到show off啦。知道你勁喇。E.g. 成日講野都夾雜英文。你喺到show qualie呀？

定義: A romanised code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to refer to a type of fried noodles with soy sauce flavour that people like to eat every day because it is so easy to make and adaptable to different ingredients and tastes.

用法: E.g. Would you like chow mein with ham, beef, or chicken? Want to add some sesame, sweet and spicy sauce?

同義詞: 炒麵

參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/4150389/page/1

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe a fat or ugly woman. (豬扒)

用法: E.g. I think this girl is such a pork chop! I have no interest in her at all! (豬扒)

同義詞: 豬扒

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/16131/

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use when they want to apologise politely for something.

用法: E.g. *Holding up a queue* Mm ho yi si. E.g. *Butts into a conversation* Mm ho yi si. Where is the MTR?

同義詞: 唔好意思

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/travel/basic-cantonese-phrases-every-traveller-to-hong-kong-needs-to-know

定義: Originated from a supermarket chain in Hong Kong, this is a code-mixing term used by real ABC Hong Kongers to tell somebody to go to hell, as the name can be abbreviated to 'PK', which resembles the swear word '仆街' in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 想搵我笨？！Go to Park'n Shop!