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定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the occasion at the end of October where people celebrate by putting on scary costumes, which is more like a cosplay event or social party than something religious.
用法: E.g. 其實halloween只係一個occasion俾平時唔敢cos play 嘅人扮下嘢 俾小朋友學下social 真係無宗教意義同無任何evil嘅嘢 最evil 就係晒d糖好肥會爛牙 (In fact, Halloween is just an occasion for people who don't usually put on cosplay costumes to play around, as well as let children learn to social. There is really no religious meaning or anything that is evil. The most evil thing is getting fat and rotten teeth from eating too much candy.)
同義詞: 萬聖節
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BAHNW6bYI0/
定義: Being lazy or doing something carelessly
用法: 好hea咁做的,都唔係花好多時間,又比人話hea (Doing something in a very 'hea' kind of way is like not spending a lot of time on it. Then I get told off being 'hea' again.)
同義詞: 偷懶; 隨便咁做野
定義: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers often use to ask someone to go to an event in a polite and semi-formal manner.
用法: E.g. A: 可唔可以叫埋我個friend黎?B: 好呀,等我invite埋佢啦。(A: Can you get my friend to come as well? B: Sure, let me invite him.)
同義詞: 邀請
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2051830/page/2
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to get someone to hurry up, which is similar to the phrase 'chop chop' in English. (Also see 'ja ja lum'.)
用法: E.g. La la lum get your homework done! E.g. Leave now or you'll miss the train! La la lum la!
同義詞: 嗱嗱臨
定義: A code-mixing phrase that Hong Kongers use to refer to having low intelligence or being stupid. Also used as '低B' sometimes.
用法: E.g. 唔好咁low b係到周圍大叫啦! E.g. 低B仔,你係咪仲未get要做咩呀?
同義詞: 低B
參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
定義: The Hong Kong way of referring to a female police officer (女警官).
用法: E.g. 女警:Target出現。全世界出動!下屬:Yes, Madam!
同義詞: 女警官
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term that a Jayden Mami uses to refer to a more playful misbehaviour in a lighthearted way rather than describing a child genuinely bad and unmanageable that the Cantonese equivalent terms tend to denote.
用法: E.g. Jayden呀,唔好再咁naughty啦。你唔食菜,又唔飲湯,你唔會healthy架!(Jayden, don't be so naughty. If you don't eat vegetables and don't drink soup, you will not be healthy!)
同義詞: 曳;百厭
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/7397/
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by upper class Hong Kongers to establish trust with customers when promoting a business.
用法: E.g. No bullsh*t let's go!跟住 HKTCG 我哋一齊贏!(Let's win together with HKTCG!)
同義詞: 少廢話,來吧
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something that has been overdone, resulting in being too strong or excessive.
用法: E.g. 人越大 就覺得林夕啲詞over咗 我極度懷疑林夕由細到大畀佢老豆打大 (The older I get, the more I feel that Albert Leung's lyrics are over the top. I extremely suspect that Albert Leung was beaten by his father from a young age.)
同義詞: 過火
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3551934/page/1
定義: A code-mixing phrase that a Jayden Mami loves to use to refer to a more casual way of learning something rather than the formal way of acquiring skills and information.
用法: E.g. Jayden呀,有時間就去pick up English啦。你唔用既話會好快forget架。(Jayden, go and pick up English when you have time. If you don't use it, you will forget it.)
同義詞: 學識; 練習
參考: https://hk.amazingtalker.com/questions/8407