香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term that only upper class Hong Kongers know how to use to refer to a meal where people serve themselves the food because of the French origin of the word which makes it so hard to pronounce properly.

用法: E.g. A: 放假不如食buffet呀？B: 你指蒲飛？(A: What about eating buffet during holiday? B: You mean po-fei?)

同義詞: 蒲飛

參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/生日飯-餐廳-推介-推薦-生日餐廳-235652146.html

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used by people in the IT sector to refer to a computer bug (漏洞).

用法: E.g. 唔係掛？今次個program有咁多bug？！

同義詞: 漏洞

定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers use to describe a business structure that scams people and is prone to collapse or failure, as 'chicken' (雞) in Cantonese can also be used to describe something cheap or weak.

用法: E.g. This company has people coming to work and leaving the job all the time! Such build chicken shed!

同義詞: 搭雞棚

參考: https://ukdodgy.com/2024/04/06/scam

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by Hong Kong Legislative Council members to refer to a lease condition where the lot owner is required to complete the development within a specified period and obtain an Occupation Permit from the Building Authority. However, it is not to be confused with 'environmental permit'.

用法: E.g. 劉文君發言後，林筱魯再提醒發言表達專業用語時要考慮公眾能否理解。劉文君說：「頭先官員都有用building covenant㗎！enviromental permit我唔知你哋中文叫做咩嘢。」(After Lau's speech, Lin reminded him to consider whether the public would understand such professional terminology. Lau said, "The officials used building covenant just now! I don't know what you meant by 'environmental permit' in Chinese.")

同義詞: 建築規約

參考: https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20260211/bkn-20260211164003550-0211_00822_001.html

定義: Often expressed in negative form, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a less direct way of rejecting someone's idea without saying they don't believe, accept or agree with that person.

用法: E.g. 我暫時唔係好buy你個idea，不過我會諗諗。(I don't really buy your idea at the moment, but I will think about it.)

同義詞: 相信; 接受; 同意

參考: https://words.hk/zidin/buy

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid seeming as if you have almost forgotten to mention something.

用法: E.g. By the way, 你可唔可以幫我搞掂埋呢份proposal? E.g. By the way, 你今晚幾時得閒呀?

同義詞: 順便講

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by GenZ Hong Kongers as a short and polite way to dismiss someone, especially when resigning from a job.

用法: E.g. 上司：你唔做喇？ GenZ: 呢封係我辭職信，bye and thx. (Boss: You're quitting? Gen Z: Here's my resignation letter. Bye and thanks.)

同義詞: 再見多謝

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc-2OFyiUMW/?img_index=3&stkn=MXVwc2N4enVteWtnZQ== (使用手機版本)

定義: Sometimes said with a fist pump gesture, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to express absolute affirmation towards the feasibility of an idea.

用法: E.g. 當然啦! 呢個idea絕對can啦! (Of course! This idea is absolutely feasible!)

同義詞: 可以, 可行

定義: (noun) Pronounced with the sixth tone in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to canteen in a highly efficient manner.

用法: E.g. 淨係食過bu同city既can。(I have only eaten Baptist University's and City University's canteen.)

同義詞: canteen, 食堂

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/404559/page/2

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a restaurant located inside a school or company. However, it is worth noting that the origin of the word is from Europe and should not to be confused with ‘can-ting’ or ‘can-teng’ in Mandarin or Cantonese (餐廳), which start with the ‘ts’ sound instead of ‘k’ sound in ‘can’.

用法: E.g. 今日好多人呀！快啲落canteen霸位啦！(There are so many people today! Let's go to the canteen to hog the seats first!)

同義詞: 飯堂; 食堂 ; 餐廳

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSKkZbOEqPJ/ (使用手機版本)