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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: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who is dumb, inexperienced, and immature.
用法: E.g. Pay attention to what the person who is saying during the meeting! Stop acting like a primary school chicken!
同義詞: 小學雞
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: (verb) Originated from 'pick-up artist', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to being emotionally manipulated by controlling behaviour of a person who is good at pick-up and chasing the opposite sex.
用法: E.g. 作為女性 聽到Juliana咁講 都覺得幾心酸 究竟之前一齊過幾年嘅ex 係點對待佢 令到佢覺得自己咁卑微 仲要傻到幫對方諗藉口 怪自己有問題 講真唔理係咪節目效果 聽落似係被PUA過 (As a female hearing what Juliana had to say, I feel quite sad to know that she had an ex-boyfriend who treated her like this while spending several years together. He just made her feel like low status and stupid enough to help the other person think of excuses and to blame herself for the problems. Honestly, I don't care if it is the effect of the TV show, but it sounds like she was PUA'ed before.)
同義詞: 被精神操控
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BA2LSDyu6S/
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe strenuous tasks that are almost impossible to complete.
用法: E.g. Getting my son to do homework is like pulling a cow up the tree!
同義詞: 拉牛上樹
參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person's mental state that is immediate for action without necessarily having done any preparation. When used in negation form 'not ready', it may mean that preparation is already done but the person is still not ready.
用法: E.g. 如果一個女仔話鍾意你,但係未ready一齊,要我等,係咩意思 (If a girl says she likes you, but isn't ready to be together with you and asks you to wait, what does that mean?)
同義詞: 準備好
參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/3629688/page/1
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by upper class Hong Kongers as a more elegant way of requesting to move participants of a guest dinner party to other tables because it can just be too tedious for the organiser to do.
用法: E.g. 唔該,可唔可以rearrange table呀?我唔係咁鍾意呢張枱。(Excuse me, could you rearrange the tables? I don't really like this table.)
同義詞: 重新安排啲枱; 重新調位
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who only knows how to eat rice and nothing else. ie. A useless person.
用法: E.g. He is so useless like a rice bucket!
同義詞: 飯桶
定義: Often used as an idiom, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a stupid person. (For female version, see 'Lulu')
用法: E.g. 唔好當我係Robert喎! (Stop treating me like a stupid person!)
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a set of responsibilities and duties undertaken by a job position. At times, it may simply be a role that a person plays, but not one where much work is to be done.
用法: E.g. 講廢role黎講,睇咗好耐一直覺得PM先最撚廢[sosad]十個有9個都唔知detail,又唔識domain野 ,解決問題又幫唔到手,同人講數因為唔熟啲野又講唔到咩好結果出黎 (Speaking of useless roles, I have observed for a long time and I always thought project manager is the most useless. It's like nine out of ten of them do not know the details or have domain knowledge. They also cannot solve problems or help others, and when they talk to people regarding issues they cannot reach any good results because they are not familiar with anything.)
同義詞: 工作角色; 職位
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3844073/page/4