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香港中英夾雜字典

當代粵英夾雜字典


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boil telephone congee

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to refer to talking on the phone for hours. (煲電話粥) 用法: E.g. Stop boiling telephone congee with your friend every day!同義詞: 煲電話粥參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/8-colloquialisms-unique-to-cantonese

short

定義: (adj.) insane; malfunctioning; derived from "short circuit". Often used as "sot sot deih", meaning a little insane. 用法: E.g. 你契爺凍到short咗. (Your godfather is freezing to the point of insanity.) E.g. 部冷氣機short左。快D搵人黎整返佢啦。
定義: A Kongish expression used to describe someone who is so reckless that he or she is almost getting himself killed or into a big trouble. 用法: You spent all your money on gambling? Do you know how to write the die character?!同義詞: 你唔知個死字點寫

put your horse to me

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to tell the other person to bring it on! (放馬過來) 用法: E.g. I am not afraid of playing against you. Put your horse to me!同義詞: 放馬過來參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,139574,139575

ride an ox to look for a horse

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe working for a job while looking for a better one. (騎牛搵馬 - ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5) 用法: E.g. Look for a job first! You can always ride an ox while looking for a horse!同義詞: 騎牛搵馬參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,139574,139575

pork chop

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/

shopping

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

Ho

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term that is used as an adverb to emphasize the intensity of an adjective, which is similar to ‘very’ in English. 用法: E.g. Ho ging ah! (Very powerful) E.g. Ho ying ah! (Very good looking) E.g. Ho jeng ah! (Very good or awesome) E.g. Ho ho may! (Very delicious)同義詞: 好參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/12-phrases-you-need-to-know-before-you-visit-hong-kong#:~:text=An%2520alternative%2520to%2520“hou%2520ging,jeng”%2520if%2520something%2520is%2520awesome.

chorus

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to the part of the song that is repeated several times. (副歌) 用法: E.g. 老師:今次唱得唔錯。不過我地再黎多次個chorus呀,唔該。 E.g. 老師:我地一齊再唱多次段副歌!學生:副歌?老師,你係邊到黎架?

seafood ghost

定義: Known as Kongish and transliterated from '屎忽‘ meaning buttocks, this is a code-mixing phrase used to describe someone who always doesn't do what he or she says will do, somewhat like a faggot or asshole in English. 用法: E.g. This guy is such a seafood ghost! We always save him a seat at the restaurant but he never turns up!同義詞: 屎忽鬼參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/%E5%B1%8E%E5%BF%BD%E9%AC%BC