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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
定義: (vulgar) A code-mixing phrase used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe something that is very annoying and frustrating to the point where it causes constant trouble or inconvenience, even though it has nothing to do with someone's butt.
用法: E.g. 之後見到Front desk同事,話果間房客係”pain in the arse”, 佢不停投訴,個個都想佢快L d check out,但佢不停extend (Then I saw my front desk colleague, saying that the guest was ”pain in the arse”. He kept complaining, and everyone wanted him to check out quickly, but he kept extending his stay at the room.)
同義詞: 令人討厭或痛苦的
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BBRT_1BUrh/
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to acting dumb and innocent in order to win someone, such as in a card game.
用法: E.g. I know you've got an ace up your sleeves! Stop pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger!
同義詞: 扮豬食老虎
參考: https://ling-app.com/yue/cantonese-slang-words/
定義: Derived from '公主病', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to a female who acts like a princess all the time and possesses the worst possible qualities such as narcissism and materialism. It tends to associate with Hong Kong women and is quite stereotypical of '港女', the Kong girl.
用法: E.g. 港男:Why are you scolding me like this? Do you have princess sickness? (你做咩喺度鬧我呀? 你係咪有公主病?)
同義詞: 公主病
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/49823/
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a set of responsibilities and duties undertaken by a job position. At times, it may simply be a role that a person plays, but not one where much work is to be done.
用法: E.g. 講廢role黎講,睇咗好耐一直覺得PM先最撚廢[sosad]十個有9個都唔知detail,又唔識domain野 ,解決問題又幫唔到手,同人講數因為唔熟啲野又講唔到咩好結果出黎 (Speaking of useless roles, I have observed for a long time and I always thought project manager is the most useless. It's like nine out of ten of them do not know the details or have domain knowledge. They also cannot solve problems or help others, and when they talk to people regarding issues they cannot reach any good results because they are not familiar with anything.)
同義詞: 工作角色; 職位
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3844073/page/4
定義: Originated from 'short message service', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers that has evolved to become more like a scam message service because of how easy it is for hackers to impersonate legitimate companies.
用法: E.g. 有些釣魚短訊的發訊人名字與真實機構相同,這是因為SMS短訊制式容許應用程式對個人(Application-to-Person) 傳送的SMS短訊,自訂最多11位英文字母的顯示號碼(即「自訂發送者號碼」),並隱藏發訊者電話號碼。(Some phishing SMS appear to originate from legitimate organizations because the SMS protocol allows Application-to-Person (A2P) messages to use a custom sender ID consisting of up to 11 alphanumeric characters, while hiding the actual sender's phone number.)
同義詞: 短訊
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3756472/page/2
定義: Often mistaken as mispronunciation, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the USB Type-C connector or port that is used by a variety of peripheral devices, such as PC's, laptops, mobile devices, mice, etc.
用法: E.g. 事關上面Type C 的Tape 音。所以有點疑惑: Type-C 是一個term, 所以讀法唔同?(Regarding the above link's Tape pronunciation of Type C, I have the following question: If Type-C is a term, does it pronounce differently?)
同義詞: Type C
參考: https://m.review33.com/forum_msg.php?db=3&tstart=0&s=&topic=85220221230810&number=6&sort=1
定義: Purportedly to have come from JobsDB applications, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a less direct way of informing someone the very small chance of good news happening, such as the extension of an employee's contract.
用法: E.g. 下屬:請問我大唔大可能會續約? 上司:暫時黎講,續約係會unlikely。(Employee: May I ask how likely my contract will extend? Employer: As of now, the chance of extending your contract is unlikely.)
同義詞: 唔大可能; 冇可能
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2591532/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who think that there should not be work life balance in a job.
用法: E.g. 鍾培生:創立HKTCG呢段時間,我發現工作係唔應該有work life balance!(Derek Chung: Since founding HKTCG, I’ve realized that work shouldn't be about "work-life balance"!)
同義詞: 工作與生活平衡
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a type of leave that is often taken for the sake of avoiding work.
用法: E.g. Annual leave 意思: 我咁難得放假,希望你地唔好搵我。(The meaning of annual leave is that if I can hardly have a holiday, I hope that you will not find me.)
同義詞: 年假
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdED72bCcze/?img_index=2&stkn=MjRibnk3MnBmYjFl (使用手機版本)