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定義: An alternative way of referring to someone who's getting on your nerves, as the equivalent term '挑戰' in Cantonese sounds too much like a real duel or battle and hence too provocative to use.
用法: E.g. 老闆:夠喇。你唔好係到挑戰我。你:我幾時有挑戰過你呀?! E.g. 老闆:夠喇。你唔好係到challenge我。你:*silence*
同義詞: 挑戰
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 code-mixing term used by native Hong Kong businessmen to refer to something that they give a damn about, as the equivalent terms '理', '在乎' or '關心' in Cantonese sound too romantic or loving in a professional setting.
用法: E.g. 我唔care你要OT到幾多點,總之要幫我搞掂。 E.g. 其實我都好care我既員工既福利。 E.g. 艾東care! (I don't care!)
同義詞: 理; 在乎; 關心
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 fashionable, elegant way of referring to dinner in Cantonese.
用法: Eg. 去邊到食dinner好呢? Eg. 你想去邊到吃din呀?
同義詞: 晚餐
參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
定義: A code-mixing term that is often used in the workplace environment of Hong Kong to refer to a proposal document.
用法: E.g. 老細叫你打嗰份proposal打完未呀?E.g. 今次份proposal太短喇,又唔夠detail。再打過啦。
同義詞: 計劃書
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to a person with a mixed-race descent.
用法: E.g. A:你係唔係mix黎架?B:乜我似mix咩?多謝。E.g. A:你係唔係mix黎架?B:係!當然係啦!我係澳門香港mix呀!
同義詞: 混血兒
定義: A fashionable way of referring to lunch in Cantonese.
用法: Eg. 喂,不如一齊食lunch呀?Eg. 放lunch想食D咩呀?
同義詞: 午餐
參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
定義: Often pronounced without the 'r' sounds and with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is an a lot more linguistically efficient way of referring to printer (打印機)in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 內地人:個打印機喺邊呀? 香港人:咩話?三個字咁累贅。叫返printer啦唔該。
同義詞: 打印機
參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
定義: A more linguistically efficient code-mixing term that refers to 'my favourite' in English. Originated from Hong Kong actor Ron Ng (吳卓羲).
用法: E.g. 呢到既牛腩河係至正架!簡直係my favit!E.g. 吳卓羲:「Tailin, 賣飛佛(泰林,我的最愛)」
同義詞: 賣飛佛; 我的最愛
參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/賣飛佛