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定義: An overused code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to sharing something.
用法: E.g. 快D po你D相上網同大家share吓啦。
E.g. 去完旅行買左D咩好野同大家share吓啦。
E.g. 今日開會有咩想同大家share吓呢？
定義: Originated from business emails and often said without a ‘to’ at the end, this is a code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers would use in non-business settings when they really anticipate the happening of an event.
用法: E.g. 我好look forward今餐會食咩。(I really look forward to what I will be eating for this meal.)
E.g. 我好look forward今次既足球比賽。(I really look forward to this football match.)同義詞: 期待參考: https://graduate.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/42024/lookforwardto點用-後面動詞需要加ing-與lookingforwardto有甚差別-用法-例句
定義: A code-mixing term that upper class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to ‘下午茶’, which is afternoon tea.
用法: E.g. 今日下晝有冇時間high tea呀？
E.g. High唔high tea呀你？ (下午茶）同義詞: 下午茶
定義: (idiom) Known as Kongish and derived from '五時花六時變‘, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who is indecisive and prone to changing his or her plan all the time.
用法: E.g. 你唔係話過鍾意呢件衫咩？你真係five o'clock flower six o'clock change呀。（五時花六時變）同義詞: 五時花六時變參考: https://youtu.be/_3hhDIErE2g?si=SLsZUTCKhV5cfm8x
定義: Derived from '你大我?‘, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use when they feel that someone is bluffing them by a display of confidence.
用法: E.g. You big me? 我big返你and give you some color you see呀！(你大我？我大返你再比D顏色你睇呀！）同義詞: 你大我?
定義: A code-mixing phrase that overseas educated Hong Kongers use when they want to express their well-educated guess or opinion on a subject matter without sounding so formal and bookish.
用法: E.g. 呢個program我覺得in general係幾學到野。(I think I can really learn from this program in general.)同義詞: 一般而言參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3990504/page/1
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: (textspeak) Derived from comic book characters having a large drop of sweat on their forehead or hair, this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to feeling speechless and reticent. Dik hon (滴汗) has the literal
meaning of 'drip sweat'.
用法: E.g. Your joke is so lame! Dik hon!同義詞: 滴汗
