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定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong expats use when they don't understand what someone is saying in Cantonese.
用法: Hong Konger: 你叫咩名? Expat: Mm sick teng.
同義詞: 唔識聽
參考: https://geoexpat.com/forum/53/thread22332-2.html
定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong expats use to tell someone to hurry up. The particle 'la' is often added for emphasis.
用法: Fai di la! The bus is here!
同義詞: 快D啦
參考: https://geoexpat.com/forum/53/thread22332-2.html
定義: (Kongish) When something goes completely wrong. Or doesn't work out (fail, flop)
用法: Sei fo! We didn't prepare for the presentation today. It was a total flop!
同義詞: 死火
定義: This is a Cantonese slang that refers to a situation where a player has a clear opportunity to score a point. The slangs origin comes from a volleyball game where a sports announcer said "Cha SIU" instead of the word "chance". Although the word came from a volleyball game initially, it's more widely used in badminton games.
用法: That was a total set up for a smash, total Cha SIU!
同義詞: 食叉燒
定義: To get a refund for something due to dissatisfaction.
用法: The service was so bad, that's why I wanted to wui shui.
同義詞: 回水
定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a distinctive characteristic by which someone or something can be identified.
用法: E.g. 中英夾雜絕對係香港人signature。 E.g. 呢碟菜就係呢間餐廳既signature。
同義詞: 標誌,招牌菜
參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to something of the best quality.
用法: E.g. 2000FUN討論區是香港最「Goodest」。
同義詞: 最好,best
參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/Goodest
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that local Hong Kongers use to refer to someone who is off-topic or providing irrelevant answers.
用法: E.g. Lei dou gau m daap baat! Can you answer my question?!
同義詞: 九唔搭八
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that local Hong Kong students use to refer to common sense or knowledge.
用法: E.g. End sem jip lib is seung sik okay? (完Sem摺拉是常識 Okay?)
同義詞: 常識
參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/283411/大學生打字用火星文-10句港式英文拼音大挑戰-測試你識幾多
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to the wire that melts when the electric current exceeds the safe level in a device.
用法: E.g. 唔好chur到部機咁行,如果咪燒fuse屎架。
同義詞: 燒fuse, 燒保險絲
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3579513/page/2