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need sheep have sheep

定義: Translated from ‘要咩有咩’ with ‘咩’ (what) having a similar sound utterance of a sheep, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that is said during Chinese New Year to wish someone they can get whatever they need. 用法: E.g. Gong Hei fat choi! I wish you need sheep have sheep this year!同義詞: 要咩有咩參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/12/kongish-a-new-language-of-hong-kongers/

mai daan

定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to ask the waiter to get the bill. 用法: E.g. Mai daan, mm goi! (埋單, 唔該!)同義詞: 埋單參考: https://homekong.com.hk/blogs/read/helpful-cantonese-phrases-to-know

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/

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。

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

easy

定義: A jubilant, nonchalant way of showing off to your friends. Used together with 'juice' in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 哎呀!今次唔洗溫書都實pass啦!Easy汁啦!

encore

定義: Pronounced as 'N-call', this is a code-mixing term used to get the performer to sing one more time at the end of a concert. 用法: E.g.今次演唱會唔知會ENCORE幾多次呢? E.g. Encore!!!我今次要encore到爆為止!

peng di

定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase used by foreigners to bargain in a wet market, in order to get a bigger deal or low price. A 'la' is also usually added at the end for emphasis. 用法: E.g. This is fifty dollars? Peng di la!同義詞: 平D參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/travel/basic-cantonese-phrases-every-traveller-to-hong-kong-needs-to-know

qualie

定義: Pronounced as 'call-lee' with a rising tone on the second syllable, this code-mixing term is used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the English word 'qualification'. Often used together with the word 'show' to mean 'show off'. 用法: E.g. 你冇qualie就唔好係到扮哂野啦。 E.g. 你唔好係到掛住show qualie啦,兄弟。 E.g. 睇唔出你咁有qualie喎。

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