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定義: A romanised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to the red packets of cash given as gifts during Chinese New Year. Even though the first character of the phrase should be pronounced as 'lai' or 'lei' with a short vowel in Cantonese, it is often pronounced as 'laai' with a long vowel when in romanised form, leading to the expression sounding like 'laai see' (瀨屎), which means to poop in one's pants in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. Expat: Have you got any lai see during Chinese New Year? HK'er: Laai see? Sure! I have laaaai see today. Just kidding.
同義詞: 利是
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/2007/
定義: A code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to refer to '靚', which describes something as beautiful or good-looking.
用法: E.g. No, but seriously it’s really lang, you are the one who said hou ce right?
參考: http://www.lingref.com/isb/4/039ISB4.PDF
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to '手提電腦'.
用法: E.g. 你部laptop用咩CPU架?好似好快喎。
同義詞: 手提電腦
定義: This is a code-mixing phrase commonly used to replace 最後一日 when the last day of activity is reached.
用法: E.g. 今日係唔係last day?
同義詞: 最後一日
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to the revision notes that they would read at the last moment before a DSE exam.
用法: E.g. 最後一分鐘(Last minute)系列 - 你點睇? (What do you think of the book series called Last Minute?)
同義詞: 最後一分鐘
參考: https://blog.tutorcircle.hk/33397/最後一分鐘-last-minute-有冇用-好唔好/#google_vignette
定義: A code-mixing term that waiters love to use to refer to the last order that customers can make in a restaurant before it closes. (最後訂單)
用法: E.g. 今次last order,有D咩想落就好落喇。 E.g. Waiter: 今次最後訂單。 Customer: 吓?咩訂單話?
參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/
定義: Originated from Italian meaning 'milk', this is a code-mixing used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the type of coffee made with espresso and hot steamed milk, which they believe should not be as heavy as other kinds of coffee as the term '拿鐵' denotes, which has the literal meaning of 'carry metal'.
用法: E.g. 唔該,我想要一杯tall size既latte。(Excuse me, may I have a tall sized latte?)
同義詞: 拿鐵
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3648151/page/1
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that refers to something that is so funny that one can die from having too much laughter.
用法: E.g. Laugh die me喇!真係好搞笑呀。(笑死我)
同義詞: 笑死我
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
定義: A code-mixing term used by a Jayden Mami to describe someone as unwilling to do something without placing a direct character judgement.
用法: E.g. 學校啲homework完全冇做過呀Jayden。你咁lazy,媽咪angry架喇。下個月你birthday,冇得去disneyland架喇。(You have not done any homework from school, Jayden. If you are so lazy, Mami will be angry. And it's your birthday next month. I don't think we can go to Disneyland.)
同義詞: 懶惰
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXO4QiuMV4t/ (使用手機版本)
定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kong university students love to use instead of '講座', which means a formal talk on a subject by a professor.
用法: E.g. 其實上lecture根本浪費時間。
同義詞: 講座
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/475538/page/2