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定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that foreigners use to utter the phrase 'thank you' in Cantonese when they receive a red packet during Chinese New Year.
用法: E.g. Dor jeh! Gung hei fat choi!
同義詞: 多謝
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the rules being set on how you should wear for a situation or event.
用法: E.g. 聽晚要去公司function?有冇話咩dress code呀?
同義詞: 服裝規範
參考: https://www.englishok.com.tw/toeic/toeic-issue/crystal_lee_english_speaking
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone or something as dull and boring such as having no relationship, which definitely has nothing to do with 'dry dating' in native English.
用法: E.g. 我近排冇拖拍好dry呀。(I recently haven't been dating, so dry!) E.g. 唔好成日自己一個人咁dry啦。(Don't be always by yourself, so dry!)
同義詞: 沒新鮮感,很無聊,枯燥乏味
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtwE7IA18CY&t=50s
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to tell someone to eat sh*t or cock. (食蕉)
用法: E.g. Hahaha! You lose this game! Eat banana la!
同義詞: 食蕉
參考: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/16113/what-does-蕉-mean-in-cantonese
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone being a scapegoat or taking the blame for something that they did not do.
用法: E.g. I did not cheat in the exam and you made me eat dead cat??!
同義詞: 食死貓
參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who is useless and is a waste of money to raise him or her up. (食濕米 or 食塞米)
用法: E.g. You cannot get anything done at all today? Do you eat wet rice? (你係咪食塞米?)
同義詞: 食濕米, 食塞米
參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/%E9%A3%9F%E5%A1%9E%E7%B1%B3
定義: (vulgar) Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe a female person who is nosy and meddles in other people's business. Similar to 'bitch' in English. Literal meaning of 八婆: eight old woman
用法: E.g. Mind your own business, eight woman! (八婆) E.g. Are you done messing around, die eight woman?! (死八婆) E.g. You are such an eight woman! (正八婆)
同義詞: 八婆
參考: https://www.secretchina.com/news/b5/2013/11/29/521805.html
定義: A code-mixing term used by local and overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to testify a person's knowledge or believe that the other person can be more eloquent in expressing their ideas.
用法: E.g. 唔好意思。我唔明你講咩喎。你可以elaborate一吓嗎?(I’m sorry. But I don’t understand what you are talking about. Can you elaborate?)
同義詞: 詳細說明
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to a programmer or developer especially if they are one themselves because it makes them sound like a profession.
用法: E.g. A: 你做咩IT行業? 寫program嗰D? B: 唔係。我係engineer。(What kind of IT industry are you from? Are you a programmer? B: No, I am an engineer.)
同義詞: 工程師
參考: https://tecky.io/zh_Hant/blog/Programmer-分多少種-2022-23/
定義: A code-mixing term that Fake ABC Hong Kongers use when they want to challenge another person’s English by stressing the prestigious 'r' sound in English even when there is no r sound in an English word.
用法: E.g. Do you know Engrish? E.g. I'm sorry I don't speak Chinese. Can you speak Engrish?
同義詞: English
參考: https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Engrish&oldformat=true&variant=zh-hk