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定義: An idiom made popular by the toy product 'Need Son Ng Need Mum', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to the Chinese family tradition of favouring sons over daughters in carrying on a bloodline.
用法: E.g. A: Do you think you come from a traditional family? B: Yes! Need son ng need mum!
同義詞: 要仔唔要乸, 重男輕女
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a neutral and factual way of referring to interview feedback of disapproval.
用法: E.g. 今次interview既feedback都冇D咩negative野。(The interview feedback this time did not have anything negative.)
同義詞: 負面
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1058101/page/1
定義: 1. (noun) A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to internet access. 2. (verb) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use to refer to social networking.
用法: E.g. 今日公司network有D問題，成日search野都好慢，仲間唔中會斷。 E.g. 最近有冇出去同人network？
定義: Originated from the Cantonese movie 'Night King' starring Dayo Wong (黃子華), this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the Lai King MTR station.
用法: E.g. A: 今晚去唔去荔景？B: 好呀。不過荔景幾時變左Night King？！(A: Want to go to Lai King tonight? B: Sure. But when did Lai King become Night King?!)
同義詞: 夜王, 荔景
參考: https://www.hk01.com/電影/60330286/夜王-葵芳一角爆紅-港鐵葵芳站改名franchesca-仲有隱藏廣播
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that refers to giving irrelevant responses to questions.
用法: E.g. A：你去邊？ B：我知道。Ａ：Nine not following eight!
同義詞: 九唔搭八
參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-nine-not-following-eight/
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that refers to something that is like an eyesore to oneself because he or she cannot withstand it anymore.
用法: E.g. 你地做成日都打爛野。我真係no eye see喇。（冇眼睇）
同義詞: 冇眼睇
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something that is so obvious that there is no need to ask anyone about it, especially after finding out the wrong of somebody. 'Ah Gui' is a name that originated from an infamous official (李世桂) in the Qing Dynasty.
用法: E.g. It must be him who let out the secrets! No need to ask Ah Gui!
同義詞: 唔洗問阿貴
參考: https://www.kamadelivery.com/blog/posts/香港10大俗語-地道文化背景大解構/
定義: A noun phrase-looking code-mixing verb that native Hong Kongers use to refer to someone who did not turn up at an event or occasion.
用法: E.g. 大日子遲到同no show無分別 (On an important occasion, there is no difference between being late and not showing up.)
同義詞: 冇到, 缺席
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3844386/page/9
定義: Often added with a 屎 (faeces), this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to short pieces of information written down on paper.
用法: E.g. 阿仔，上堂記住drop低D note屎呀！
同義詞: 筆記
參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to '手提電腦'.
用法: E.g. 老師，上堂可以比帶自己notebook嗎？
同義詞: 手提電腦
參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf