香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to vocabulary that they simply need to memorise for tests and exams but don't really use in their everyday life.

用法: E.g. 另外就係成日都喺度死記硬背vocab, 好複雜咁樣教文法，聽到都頭痛。(The other thing is that we always needed to memorise vocabulary like rote-learning, and grammar is also being taught in a very complicated way, which is a headache to listen to.)

同義詞: 詞彙

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BANtUhMr8G/

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to forming inner circles and having decisions made by its members.

用法: E.g. You think they are really inviting a bid? They are just wai wai wai!

同義詞: 圍威喂

參考: https://words.hk/zidin/圍威喂

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person who is easily deceived or fooled.

用法: E.g. Some people say Hong Kong is an international water fish city! (國際水魚都市)

同義詞: 水魚

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by grassroots Hong Kongers when they want to express gratitude for something they have received, such as an email with an attachment. However, the working class Hong Kongers realise that this is probably not such a suitable term for them to use so they say 'Noted/Received with thanks'.

用法: E.g. Well-received with thanks.

同義詞: 收到

參考: https://graduate.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/35656/電郵技巧｜商用電郵｜職場英語-10個打工仔常犯的英文email錯誤-please-kindly-well-received-with-thanks-都係錯-內附正確寫法

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe any unfortunate event such as an accident.

用法: E.g. If I have any winter melon tofu, I will sue your company!!!

同義詞: 冬瓜豆腐

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/39119/

定義: Derived from 'gut' (吉) meaning nothingness or tangerines, this is a romanised code-mixing slang phrase used to describe someone is messing about and wasting time, which purportedly comes from people in the past going into Hong Kong stores just to drink the bowl of soup called 'gut' soup (吉湯) without spending money on the food at all. 'wun' can mean to mix (混) or to transport (運).

用法: Auntie: Stop tasting my fruits here and there! Are you wun gut?

同義詞: 運吉, 混吉

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now

定義: With a literal meaning of 'hot air', this is a romanised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to having overheat from eating too much spicy or fried foods, leading to pimples and freckles growing on your face or even buttocks. Also, yeet hay seems to only exist in Chinese medicine but not western medicine according to native Hong Kongers.

用法: E.g. A: Do you want to eat barbeque? B: No thanks, I am very yeet hay recently.

同義詞: 熱氣

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/C7PVDJZpVgq/ (使用手機版本)

定義: Originated from Ming Dynasty where a husband does the housework for his wife for the latter half of the month, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use when they want to retaliate against the wrongdoing of a person, which is like 'eye for an eye' in English.

用法: E.g. You do the first, I do the fifteenth. If you keep throwing trash in front of my door, then I will do the same to you too! E.g. You do new moon, I do full moon. E.g. You do Lunar New Year, I do Mid-Autumn Festival.

同義詞: 你做初一，我做十五

參考: https://www.weekendhk.com/weekspecial/你做初一-我做十五-英文-ctb072-jc-1368860/3/

定義: An Englishised Cantonese phrase that real ABC Hong Kongers use to refer to going to a traditional Chinese restaurant for dim sum. (飲茶)

用法: E.g. Let's go to yum cha this weekend!

同義詞: 飲茶