香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Originated as 'beat patrol' from London Metropolitan Police, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers often use as 'walking the beat', which refers to patrolling a designated area on foot as a police officer.

用法: E.g. 警員今日要行 beat。(Police officers need to go on patrol today.)

同義詞: 行咇

參考: http://paper.wenweipo.com/2018/12/04/WH1812040003.htm

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to the car brand Mercedes-Benz

用法: Wow! Ban¹ ci⁴ ah!

定義: Often expressed as ‘老best’ meaning 'old best', this is a code-mixing term used by Gen Z native Hong Kongers to refer to a best friend that a person has known for a long time. (呢個好大部分時候係攞嚟應用自己啲friend呀樣表達自己個friend係好老友囉咁樣)

用法: E.g. 你哋睇下呢個係我老best。(Let me show all of you. This is my old best friend.)

同義詞: 睇下呢個係我個好朋友, 老友, old best friend

參考: https://mingpaomonthly.com/article/details/語文．書話/2025-02/1737624129007/老best、bestie有咩分別？%20（歐陽偉豪）

定義: Derived from '大耳窿' with '窿' sounds like 'loan' in English, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to a person or company that offers loans at extremely high interest rates.

用法: E.g. Don't borrow money from this company. It is a big ear hole!

同義詞: 大耳窿

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term that refers to chatting casually or bragging about something.

用法: E.g. 收皮啦！唔好再blow water！

同義詞: 吹水

參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/

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?

同義詞: 花紅

參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf

定義: Often pronounced as '波士', this is a more polite sounding code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to '老闆', especially when working in a corporate company.

用法: E.g. 做波士就好啦。我地呢班打工仔一世做奴隸。

參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk

定義: A more subtle way for Hong Kongers to refer to the undergarment worn by women, as the Cantonese equivalent term '胸圍' may sound too explicit and embarrassing in mentioning the female's body part.

用法: E.g. 哎呀，我今日唔記得左載bra添。

同義詞: 胸圍

參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf

定義: A code-mixing term that real ABC's like to use to show how easygoing they can be.

用法: E.g. Hey bro！不如一齊食飯啦？ E.g. Hey bro！放工一齊打波呀？

同義詞: 兄弟

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