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定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to making someone happy, satisfied and giving them pleasure, which is really not an easy task for anyone to do, but at least it doesn't always mean to win someone's favour by flattery like '取悦' in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 宣萱自揭離開無綫原因：原來可能要刷鞋，要please一啲你唔想please嘅人，咁我問自己得唔得？唔得。(Jessica Hester Hsuan reveals the reason for leaving TVB: It turns out that you may have to make up to people, to please those who you don't want to please, so I ask myself can I? No.)
同義詞: 使滿意, 開心; 取悦
參考: https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20260202/bkn-20260202190138911-0202_00862_001.html
定義: Often seen as redundant, this is a code-mixing phrase used by working class Hong Kongers when they really want to show politeness towards the email's receiver in a request.
用法: E.g. Please kindly find the attached document.
同義詞: 請
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to someone who is extremely introverted and prefers being alone all the time.
用法: E.g. Get yourself out and meet some people! Stop being such a poisonous guy!
同義詞: 毒男
參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-quick-lesson-must-know-hong-kong-slang
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a physical position that a person arranges and fixates in order to be photographed, which is often more difficult that it seems.
用法: E.g. 自拍唔洗愁擺pose！10大熱門韓星IG影相手勢整理 (No need to worry about posing for selfies anymore! Here is a compilation of top 10 popular Korean stars IG photo gestures)
同義詞: 姿势
參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/60213634/自拍唔洗愁擺pose-10大熱門韓星ig影相手勢整理-跟住影相零失誤
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe someone or something that is of upper class quality such as the way a person talks and does things, regardless of occupation or how much money one makes.
用法: E.g. posh 嘅 British accent 好 posh 大部份都唔 posh (A posh British accent is really posh, but most are not posh.)
同義詞: 高雅
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BAa2pmfXlQ/
定義: A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to express a choice in something without stating their favour or to avoid sounding picky.
用法: E.g. 我今晚既preference係食西餐，但係又唔代表我成日都鍾意。(My preference is western cuisine tonight, but that doesn't mean I like it all the time.)
同義詞: 偏愛; 偏好; 優先選擇
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3316788/page/27
定義: An irreplaceable code-mixing term meaning to deliver a speech, as saying the Cantonese equivalent term '匯報' would sound too old school and non-colloquial.
用法: E.g. 你幾時要present呀？ E.g. 今次份assignment難唔難present呀？
參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers
定義: Derived from '公主病', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to a female who acts like a princess all the time and possesses the worst possible qualities such as narcissism and materialism. It tends to associate with Hong Kong women and is quite stereotypical of '港女', the Kong girl.
用法: E.g. 港男：Why are you scolding me like this? Do you have princess sickness? (你做咩喺度鬧我呀? 你係咪有公主病?)
同義詞: 公主病
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/49823/
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kong girls to refer to proactively keeping someone safe from damage or injury, which is usually something that they expect from a boyfriend.
用法: E.g. 如果連我自己都唔為自己去解釋一下，咁邊個去protect我？邊個幫我解釋？冇。(If even I myself don't stand up for myself, who is going to protect me? Who will help me explain to others? No one.)
同義詞: 保護
定義: A code-mixing term used by a Jayden Mami to express admiration and honour towards a child without sounding too arrogant, self-important or dramatic as the Cantonese equivalent terms denote.
用法: E.g. Jayden呀，你今次考試一百分呀？Mami好proud of你呀。(Jayden, you got 100 marks in this exam? Mami is so proud of you!)
同義詞: 驕傲；以你為榮；自豪