香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Originated from Gundam seed and used as '爆seed' (explode seed), this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to unleashing one's potential.

用法: E.g. 呢鋪game我志在必得，各位我要出絕招爆seed啦！

參考: https://saucemedia.net/interesting/香港過氣潮語-潮語-十卜-32355/7/

定義: A code-mixing term that upper class Hong Kongers like to use when they want to sound like they are taking the time to choose something, rather than being so picky and indecisive.

用法: E.g. A: 今個假期你會去邊呀？B: 我仲explore緊有咩options。(A: Where will you go this holiday? B: I am still exploring options.)

同義詞: 探索

參考: https://www.threads.com/@christineknlau/post/DSXI_fNj5ES/christine呀我份工其實唔錯但總覺得缺少啲嘢-最近好多人同我講類似嘅話人工ok但冇挑戰性同事nice但冇growth公司穩定但好悶呢種感覺我稱之為care

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to being able to gain experience of something by being in a particular environment rather than having physical contact with something. However, it is not to be confused with public exposure.

用法: E.g. 學習語言要夠exposure。(Learning a language needs enough exposure.) E.g. 做開大行去細行一定唔慣，exposure 又細啲，資源又小啲。(It must be hard getting used to working in a small company if you came from a large company. There is less exposure and resources are also less.)

同義詞: 接觸

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2363704/page/1

定義: Often complemented with '野' meaning 'thing', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to some freebie or reward that comes with buying something or writing a review for a purchase. At times, it can also refer to any additional work that is out of the scope of an employee's role that they don't frigging want to do.

用法: E.g. 開po出文幫手宣傳，真係會有extra野送 (If you post an article to help advertise a product, there will really be extra things rewarded.) E.g. 外賣仔的工作係餐廳出貨後送貨去你屋企無責任做extra野 (The job of a delivery person is to deliver food to your home after the restaurant prepares it, and they have no responsibility to do anything extra.)

同義詞: 額外

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3951705/page/1

定義: Derived from the idiom '眼大睇過龍', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to failing to notice something. ie. To overlook.

用法: E.g. A: Where is my phone? B: It's right here in front of you. You are really 'eyes big see through dragon!'

同義詞: 眼大睇過龍

參考: https://youtu.be/_3hhDIErE2g?si=SLsZUTCKhV5cfm8x

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to withdrawing from a relationship gradually. However, it can also be comparable to 'ghosting' if the withdrawal is sudden enough.

用法: E.g. 可以點樣fade out想追我既人 (How can I fade out from someone who is chasing me?)

同義詞: 淡出

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2975441/page/1

定義: Originated from sports and often used with a ‘咗’ in Cantonese denoting past tense, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to deceiving someone with a posture or misinformation rather than something like a fraud or scam, even though it can be serious at times causing real inconvenience to people.

用法: E.g. 俾 "轉工要趁後生" 呢句嘢fake咗 (I got misled by the saying "Take the opportunity to change jobs while we are young".)

同義詞: fake咗

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3004954/page/2

定義: Short for Fake American Born Chinese, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to someone who knows Chinese but chooses not to speak it.

用法: E.g. 不過睇完個comment section，我又諗起香港另一個幾有趣嘅phenomenon：Fake ABC，同埋選擇性唔識講中文。(But after reading the comment section, I was reminded of another quite interesting phenomenon in Hong Kong: Fake ABC, and choosing not to speak Chinese.)

同義詞: 偽海外華人

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_72A6byQW/

定義: Similar to the famous quote 'fake it till you make it', this is a code-mixing phrase used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to acting as if you are confident and capable until you achieve the results, except that it is full of bragging and shouting nonsense at a very high volume.

用法: E.g. 無research就無insights，成班人喺度鳩嗌，彷彿嗌大聲啲就會突然make business sense。口號型經濟，大家一齊fake it till you fail it (Without research, there can be no insights. The whole group is shouting nonsense, as if shouting louder will suddenly make business sense. Slogan type economics, let's fake it till you fail it together.)

同義詞: 扮到失敗為止; 弄假成敗

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

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a year where one’s Chinese zodiac offends or clashes with the God of Tai Sui, which means the fortune of the year will not be as smooth as others.

用法: I was born in the year of the snake and I am fan tai sui this year! Let’s go to the temple to pray for protection and peace!

同義詞: 犯太歲

參考: https://chinesenewyear.net/zodiac/tai-sui/