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定義: A code-mixing term that refers to ‘out of budget’, which is used by working class Hong Kongers in business meetings.
用法: 做project management只睇兩樣。第一就係有冇outside個scope，第二就係有冇out bud。
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to a programmer or developer especially if they are one themselves because it makes them sound like a profession.
用法: E.g. A: 你做咩IT行業? 寫program嗰D? B: 唔係。我係engineer。(What kind of IT industry are you from? Are you a programmer? B: No, I am an engineer.)同義詞: 工程師參考: https://tecky.io/zh_Hant/blog/Programmer-分多少種-2022-23/
定義: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the sport of walking long distances on mountains because they have gotten so used to it and see it as a hobby rather than something laborious like '行山', which literally translates to 'walk mountain'.
用法: E.g. 今個weekend去唔去hiking呀? 不如今次行遠D呀? (Do you want to go hiking this weekend? What about going on a longer trail?)同義詞: 行山參考: https://letsgohiking.blog/
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that refers to something that is so funny that one can die from having too much laughter.
用法: E.g. Laugh die me喇！真係好搞笑呀。（笑死我）同義詞: 笑死我參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a duplicate of something, such as a document.
用法: E.g. 份document整多幾份copy黎呀，唔該。同義詞: 副本
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to starting a fight.
用法: E.g. This is a school! Don't start a film here!同義詞: 開片
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to an incompetent person of low status. It is the first part of the allegorical saying '未夠斤兩‘, which means the person is not qualified. Since 2 + 6 taels = half catty, it means the person is not much in catty and taels.
用法: E.g. You two beat six should not be part of our group!同義詞: 二打六參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/41660/
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a job position that covers almost all the duties that an entire department has.
用法: E.g. 我份工係one man band，所以都幾忙架。參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/一腳踢
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