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香港中英夾雜字典

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ride an ox to look for a horse

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe working for a job while looking for a better one. (騎牛搵馬 - ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5) 用法: E.g. Look for a job first! You can always ride an ox while looking for a horse!同義詞: 騎牛搵馬參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,139574,139575

upgrade

定義: A code-mixing term meaning to further oneself's studies. 用法: E.g. 做人要不斷upgrade自己先夠充實架嘛。

well

定義: Often pronounced with a rising tone, this is a code-mixing term that is often overused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong when they have trouble answering a question or want to avoid embarrassment. 用法: E.g. Well,呢個問題我要諗吓先再答你。 E.g. Well,其實你都講得有道理。參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/128449/你是否-偽abc-chill-中文意思係咩-10個港人常用錯英文字
2023-03-02

worse

定義: A code-mixing term that is often misused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to refer to something of bad quality. 用法: E.g. 個湯凍嘅,真係好worse囉。參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/128449/你是否-偽abc-chill-中文意思係咩-10個港人常用錯英文字
2023-03-02

bonus

定義: A chic-sounding code-mixing term that refers to year-end bonus (花紅) in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 你間公司今個年尾有bonus嗎?參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf

big tangerine and red packets

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers when someone sneezes, which is similar to 'Bless you!' in English. (大吉利是) 用法: E.g. A: Ack-choo! B: Big tangerine and red packets!同義詞: 大吉利是

pork chop

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe a fat or ugly woman. (豬扒) 用法: E.g. I think this girl is such a pork chop! I have no interest in her at all! (豬扒)同義詞: 豬扒參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/16131/

toilet

定義: A euphemistic code-mixing term that refers to the same item ‘廁所’ in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 老師,唔該可唔可以去toilet呀? E.g. 咁多位,我去一去toilet先。參考: https://sites.google.com/site/hongkonglinguistics/Downhome/language-contact-in-hong-kong/cantonese-englishintra-sententialcode-switchinginhongkong

shopping

定義: A chic-sounding code-mixing term used in Hong Kong Cantonese that shows the speaker's education background and western appeal. 用法: E.g. 唔好意思,我週末要去shopping。唔得閒應酬你。 E.g. 做人唔shop下ping邊得呀?參考: https://sites.google.com/site/hongkonglinguistics/Downhome/language-contact-in-hong-kong/cantonese-englishintra-sententialcode-switchinginhongkong

nice

定義: A way to express how nice someone is on the surface. 用法: E.g. 佢個人好nice,但係識耐左先知道原來係虛偽。 E.g. 佢個人好nice,不過唔知個人好唔好呢?