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香港中英夾雜字典

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very delicious

定義: A code-mixing phrase that is often mistakened as grammatically incorrect due to the word 'very' being considered redundant, as 'delicious' already denotes the meaning of very yummy. However, it originates from '好好味' in Cantonese, which means 'very very tasty'. 用法: E.g. 哇,D野食真係very delicious呀。同義詞: 好好味

database

定義: A code-mixing word that Hong Kongers love to use to refer to '資料庫' in the IT sector. 用法: E.g. 連得到個database未? 定係connect唔到呢?同義詞: 資料庫

ho dor

定義: (textspeak) Transliterated from ‘好多’ meaning ‘a lot’ or ‘many’, this is a Kongish code-mixing term used by local student Hong Kongers to complain about the excess of homework. 用法: E.g. Ho dor gong for ah! (好多功課呀!)同義詞: 好多參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/16/the-use-of-transliteration-in-kongish/

show me your love rice

定義: Translated from the punning of ‘粟米肉粒飯’ (shuk mai yuk lup fan), this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to a rice dish with creamed corn and pork served in Hong Kong Cha Chaan Tang restaurants. 用法: E.g. Excuse me, may I have a ‘show me your love rice’?同義詞: 粟米肉粒飯參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/12/kongish-a-new-language-of-hong-kongers/

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。

reg

定義: A shortened code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the word 'register', such as registering for an account in an app to become a member. 用法: E.g. 快D download個app再reg個account成為會員啦!同義詞: 申請

off

定義: A more polite way of telling somebody to shut up or '收皮' in Cantonese, which means to pack their things up and leave. (Also see 'collect skin') 用法: E.g. Off啦你,成日咁多野講。E.g. Off啦你,成日搞搞陣冇幫襯。參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-收皮-collect-skin/

last order

定義: A code-mixing term that waiters love to use to refer to the last order that customers can make in a restaurant before it closes. (最後訂單) 用法: E.g. 今次last order,有D咩想落就好落喇。 E.g. Waiter: 今次最後訂單。 Customer: 吓?咩訂單話?參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/

discount

定義: A more appealing code-mixing term than the Cantonese equivalent word '折扣', which shopkeepers like to use to attract customers. 用法: E.g. 今個月清貨大discount。快D入黎慢慢揀啦!同義詞: 折扣參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/

lag

定義: Pronounced as 'lig', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to computer lag. 用法: E.g. 部機好似唔夠RAM,好lag機呀。