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定義: A code-mixing term that real ABC's like to use to show how easygoing they can be.
用法: E.g. Hey bro!不如一齊食飯啦? E.g. Hey bro!放工一齊打波呀?
同義詞: 兄弟
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong actor 楊偉倫 to express his breadth of knowledge when the club is facing crisis in the movie of Night King.
用法: E.g. 「我土地,學富五car,如果他朝有一日,你真的開鴨店的話,我赴湯蹈fire,做你頭牌!」(I'm Land, learned and knowledgeable like five cars. If one day you really open a male escort club, I'll brave any danger, go all out, and be your top male escort!)
同義詞: 學富五車
參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/學富五車
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 code-mixing term often used by working class Hong Kongers to indicate the purpose of a product, in order to pitch and sell it to a customer.
用法: E.g. 呢個app係for你地客戶用架,令到你地方便好多。 E.g. 呢樣產品係for女士用架,尤其係貪靚嗰D。
參考: https://cantowords.com/dictionary/for#w100337
定義: Also written as '啹' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term that refers to the feeling of accepting somebody who is an adversary.
用法: E.g. 佢上次嬴我令到我好唔gur,不過今次我嬴返佢我就gur哂。
同義詞: 啹
參考: https://words.hk/zidin/v/啹
定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term transliterated from ‘咗’, which is equivalent to the ‘-ed’ particle for past tense in English.
用法: E.g. Jo jor gong for mei ar? (做咗功課未呀?) E.g. Sik jor farn mei ar? (食咗飯未呀?)
同義詞: 咗
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/16/the-use-of-transliteration-in-kongish/
定義: Pronounced as 'm-tee-ah-lo', this is a code-mixing term used by the grassroot class Hong Kongers to refer to the train station.
用法: E.g. Foreigner: Excuse me, where is the MTR? HK'er: What? Foreigner: Where is the 'm-tee-ah-lo'? HK'er: Oh I understand! 'm-tee-ah-lo' is over there!
同義詞: 港鐵
定義: A shortened code-mixing term for 'professional'. (adjective)
用法: E.g. 哇,你打tennis好pro呀。可以叫你一聲大佬嗎? E.g. 耳機都買到咁靚?洗唔洗咁pro呀?
同義詞: 專業
定義: Often used as 'Ah sir' (阿sir), this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a male teacher. (Also see 'Missy' for female teacher)
用法: E.g. 阿sir,我今日冇帶功課。可唔可以唔好罰我呀?
參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
定義: Often added with a ‘lor’ (囉) denoting a tone of reluctance, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they want to say sorry or apologize to someone.
用法: E.g. A: 喂,你踩到我隻腳喎!B:SOR囉。(A: Hey, you stepped on my foot! B: SOR LOR.)
同義詞: 對唔住,sorry
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DScomA6EVMW/?img_index=1&igsh=MWNwaWNrd2tkM3JtYg== (使用手機版本)