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香港中英夾雜字典

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stir-fried squid

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to refer to getting fired from a job. (炒魷魚 - caau2 jau4 jyu2) 用法: E.g. I messed up at work today and I got stir-fried squid!!!同義詞: 炒魷魚參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-老細炒咗我魷-stir-fried-me-squid/

big head shrimp

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone being forgetful and careless, such as forgetting their keys or where they put their phone. (大頭蝦 - daai6 tau4 haa1) 用法: E.g. A: You forgot to bring your wallet? Such a big head shrimp!同義詞: 大頭蝦參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-大頭蝦-big-head-prawn-language-hong-kong/

chur

定義: 1. (adj). To describe a hectic state where you are so busy that you feel like you cannot breathe. 2. (verb). An Englishised code-mixing term that refers to exhausting oneself in order to get work done in a short period of time, which is usually brought on by demanding customers or people of high authority. 用法: E.g. 今日返工真係好chur呀。(adj) E.g. 哇,呢個客洗唔洗chur到咁盡呀?比條生路人地行吓好嗎?(verb)參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-hea-chok-chur/

on call

定義: A code-mixing phrase that is used by Hong Kongers to mean that they are ready to go to work whenever they get a call from their company. 用法: E.g. 我每星期工作五天。不過我假日都要on call。

Key

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

pool

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to getting out of the singles' pool so that you are finally dating someone! 用法: E.g. 我平時咁宅,估唔到有一日會出pool。

Out bud

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to ‘out of budget’, which is used by working class Hong Kongers in business meetings. 用法: 做project management只睇兩樣。第一就係有冇outside個scope,第二就係有冇out bud。

del

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

puppy love

定義: An irreplaceable code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the kind of love relationship that one can get while being a teenager or kid. 用法: E.g. 咁細個就談戀愛?Puppy love呀? E.g. 唔好成日掛住puppy love啦。讀好D書先啦。參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644

facial

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to getting a facial treatment. 用法: E.g. 日日做facial塊面先至靚架麻。 E.g. 做緊facial咪鬼打黎啦。參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk