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定義: A code-mixing term used by the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department to describe something as very cool and awesome. However, the AI anti-drug video that used this word was taken down due to citizens suspecting that the video was promoting the illegal use of drugs rather than banning it.
用法: E,g 可樂消暑易入口,幫你提神保持清醒腦筋。超dope!(Coke is refreshing, easy to drink, and helps perk you up and keep your mind sharp. Super dope!)
同義詞: 超正、超酷、超讚
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19qZb17o2A
定義: Even though the word 'double' may seem redundant, this is a code-mixing expression that is often used in the workplaces of Hong Kong when you want to verify something.
用法: E.g. 可唔可以double confirm吓個schedule呀? E.g. 唔該幫我double confirm吓每一個detail呀。
同義詞: 雙重確認
參考: https://smelab.com.hk/職場英語-double-confirm-reconfirm/
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to computer that has become unavailable, possibly due to a crash. Sometimes, it is used as the shortened version of 'download'.
用法: E.g. 大獲喇!公司server down機呀!快D搵人整呀!(當機) E.g. Down完個file未呀?咁耐既?(下載)
同義詞: 當機; 下載
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to downloading files from the internet. ('下載') Sometimes, it is shortened to 'down' instead.
用法: E.g. Download個file落黎,再send比我呀唔該。
同義詞: 下載
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: A slightly more polite sounding code-mixing term that real ABC's in Hong Kong like to use instead the Cantonese equivalent '大佬', meaning 'big brother', even though the literal meaning is usually not taken when used, just like the word 'dude'.
用法: E.g. Dude,你係到搞D咩呀? E.g. Dude,你好還錢喇喎? E.g. Dude,你以為你自己好型呀?
同義詞: 大佬
定義: A shortened code-mixing term for 'duplicate'. (verb)
用法: E.g. 呢part好似dup多左次。 E.g. 你dup多份做template,然後再改會好D。
定義: A jubilant, nonchalant way of showing off to your friends. Used together with 'juice' in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 哎呀!今次唔洗溫書都實pass啦!Easy汁啦!
同義詞: 容易
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