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香港中英夾雜字典

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care

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kong businessmen to refer to something that they give a damn about, as the equivalent terms '理', '在乎' or '關心' in Cantonese sound too romantic or loving in a professional setting. 用法: E.g. 我唔care你要OT到幾多點,總之要幫我搞掂。 E.g. 其實我都好care我既員工既福利。 E.g. 艾東care! (I don't care!)

By the way

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid seeming as if you have almost forgotten to mention something. 用法: E.g. By the way, 你可唔可以幫我搞掂埋呢份proposal? E.g. By the way, 你今晚幾時得閒呀?

book

定義: To reserve something, such as an appointment or place, without sounding like it's a date. 用法: E.g. 請問你幫我book左個appointment未? E.g. 聽日book左枱未呀?(訂枱)參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf

auntie

定義: A polite way of addressing a stranger, usually a much older person, when you meet them for the first time. 用法: E.g. 哈佬Auntie,你好呀! E.g. 仔仔,快D叫聲Auntie啦。參考: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3048345/hong-kong-comes-alive-learning-cantonese-make-sure-you-know

appreciate

定義: A posh way of saying that you admire someone's work or effort, in order to show your high social status or higher education background. 用法: E.g. 我好appreciate你個idea. Well done. E.g. 我好appreciate你做既野。不過,你都唔可以迫我accept你個apology。

really

定義: A code-mixing term that is often overused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to strike a western impression, as they believe knowing the 'r' sound will make them superior. 用法: E.g. Rrreally?可唔可以再講多次呀? E.g. 唔係嘛?Rrrreally?你話你D英文標準過我?參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/港式英文講過舉手-偽abc-語錄-2124292580433974.html
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mix

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to a person with a mixed-race descent. 用法: E.g. A:你係唔係mix黎架?B:乜我似mix咩?多謝。E.g. A:你係唔係mix黎架?B:係!當然係啦!我係澳門香港mix呀!

nice

定義: A way to express how nice someone is on the surface. 用法: E.g. 佢個人好nice,但係識耐左先知道原來係虛偽。E.g. 佢個人好nice,不過唔知個人好唔好呢?

printer

定義: Often pronounced without the 'r' sounds and with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is an a lot more linguistically efficient way of referring to printer (打印機)in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 內地人:個打印機喺邊呀? 香港人:咩話?三個字咁累贅。叫返printer啦唔該。參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

rrrrr

定義: An ultra rhotic expression that is added onto the ending of Cantonese characters, which is adopted by Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man to create an ABC accent. Also known as 'JM tone'. 用法: E.g. 呢一區我淨係試過兩rrrrrrn間餐廳。E.g. 有時候我都幾想rrrrrn去吓旅行。參考: https://medium.com/@atsunakai/jm-tone-%E5%8D%B3%E4%BF%82-94e3532186e1