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定義: This is an lot more linguistically efficient way of saying the Cantonese equivalent '打電話', which has 3 long syllables.
用法: E.g. 可以兒家call你嗎? E.g. 我尋日call爆你機都唔聽。你去左邊呀?
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: Pronounced with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that refers to 'calculator'. Also used as 'cal機' sometimes.
用法: E.g. 唔該借個cal機比我呀? E.g. 試下用caltor check吓個answer。
同義詞: 計數機
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person with a feminised voice.
用法: E.g. 我覺得呢個男人cam cam哋。唔知真係男人定係女人呢?
參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
定義: Pronounced as 'cam-mell' and criticised as Fake ABC English, this is a code-mixing term used by celebrity Janice man to refer to the animal 'camel'.
用法: E.g. 其實我自己好鍾意cam-mell色既,真係好似D駱駝色既,有少少泥色既。
定義: (noun) Pronounced with the sixth tone in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to canteen in a highly efficient manner.
用法: E.g. 淨係食過bu同city既can。(I have only eaten Baptist University's and City University's canteen.)
同義詞: canteen, 食堂
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/404559/page/2
定義: Sometimes said with a fist pump gesture, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to express absolute affirmation towards the feasibility of an idea.
用法: E.g. 當然啦! 呢個idea絕對can啦! (Of course! This idea is absolutely feasible!)
同義詞: 可以, 可行
定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a serious disease that kills normal cells and causes death.
用法: E.g. A:唔好食咁多公仔麵,如果咪生cancer架。B:啋過你把口!
同義詞: 癌
參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a restaurant located inside a school or company. However, it is worth noting that the origin of the word is from Europe and should not to be confused with ‘can-ting’ or ‘can-teng’ in Mandarin or Cantonese (餐廳), which start with the ‘ts’ sound instead of ‘k’ sound in ‘can’.
用法: E.g. 今日好多人呀!快啲落canteen霸位啦!(There are so many people today! Let's go to the canteen to hog the seats first!)
同義詞: 飯堂; 食堂 ; 餐廳
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSKkZbOEqPJ/ (使用手機版本)
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong actor 楊偉倫 to express his breadth of knowledge when the club is facing crisis in the movie of Night King.
用法: E.g. 「我土地,學富五car,如果他朝有一日,你真的開鴨店的話,我赴湯蹈fire,做你頭牌!」(I'm Land, learned and knowledgeable like five cars. If one day you really open a male escort club, I'll brave any danger, go all out, and be your top male escort!)
同義詞: 學富五車
參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/學富五車
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