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定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to ask the waiter to get the bill.
用法: E.g. Mai daan, mm goi! (埋單, 唔該!)
同義詞: 埋單
參考: https://homekong.com.hk/blogs/read/helpful-cantonese-phrases-to-know
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the stage of a meal where the main dish is served. As to why ‘course’ is more often used than ‘dish’ compared to the Cantonese phrase ‘主菜‘, it may be to do with the upper class etiquette that the stage of a meal is more important than the dish itself.
用法: E.g. 食semi-buffet質素好過buffet, 起碼個main course係入得落口 (The quality of eating semi-buffet is higher than buffet, at least the main course is decent.)
同義詞: 主菜
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3120803/page/3
定義: A convenient English phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid going into negative detail about someone who does not understand you.
用法: E.g. 朋友: 喂,你講野好唔make sense喎。你:真的嗎? E.g. 我覺得你講野make sense,不過我唔係太明。 E.g. 你講野都唔make sense,廢鬼事再聽你講。
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like use to refer to marking or jotting things down. (標記)
用法: E.g. 記住mark低個schedule比我睇吓先。阿媽:老師上堂講既野有冇mark低呀?
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe something or someone that is very similar to or combines very well with something or someone.
用法: E.g. 哇,D顏色好match呀。 E.g. 你地簡直係perfect match呀!
同義詞: 配
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a less judgemental way of describing someone as unkind or unfriendly but not to the point of being so harsh and critical.
用法: E.g. 其實香港人而家可唔可以唔好咁mean? (Can Hong Kong people actually be less mean nowadays?)
同義詞: 刻薄; 衰
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_siW0xsDc/
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to ‘mechanical engineering’.
用法: E.g. 小時讀mechan 第時揸貨van (If we choose to study mechanical engineering when we were young, we will end up driving a cargo van.) E.g. 到底我做左幾多錯事 讀完mechan 出黎做IT9 (What on earth did I do wrong? I finished studying mechanical engineering and became an IT dog.)
同義詞: 機械工程
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BAZQJOQ7dx/
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of saying '開會' or having a '會議'.
用法: E.g. 我聽日九點鐘有個meeting。開完meeting再搵你呀?
同義詞: 會議
參考: https://theinitium.com/roundtable/20170226-lifestyle-mix-chn-eng/
定義: Often pronounced as ‘mee-mee’ with a falling intonation, this is a code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to an idea, image or video that is spread quickly on the internet.
用法: E.g. 有冇人覺得香港人整啲meme好撚尷尬???(Does anyone think the memes made by Hong Kong people are so f***ing awkward?)
同義詞: 迷因圖, 咪咪
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2213202/page/18
定義: Often pronounced as 'meemo', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to memo paper.
用法: E.g. 喂,可唔可以幫我抄D野落張meemo到?
參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/633876/港式英語-19個英文字港人常讀錯-釘橋-cam錢-janet讀到似中文