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定義: A code-mixing term that is often used instead of '取錄'.
用法: E.g. 家人：邊間大學比左offer你呀？ 你：仲未有offer呀。唔知幾時呢？
定義: A code-mixing term that is used instead of '典禮'.
用法: E.g. 同學：個ceremony好耐呀，完未架？
同學：你幾時去grad ceremony呀？ 你：我黎唔到個ceremony呀。
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person who is a yellow-skinned Asian but speaks English very well. I.e. Yellow on the outside but white on the inside like a bamboo stick. (竹升)
用法: E.g. Please don’t treat me like a bamboo stick! (竹升) I know how to speak Chinese!同義詞: 竹升
定義: A code-mixing term used by real ABCs in Hong Kong to refer to an Asian who speaks English. Ie. Yellow on the outside and white on the inside. （香蕉）
用法: E.g. I am not a banana! I know how to speak Chinese!同義詞: 香蕉
定義: A code-mixing term that is used when you want to avoid describing someone as being '衰' or not nice.
用法: E.g. 男仔：喂，我覺得你咁樣講野好衰呀。女朋友：你話我衰？！
E.g. 男仔：喂，我覺得你咁樣講野好mean呀。女朋友：講得岩。我有時講野係mean左D，不過唔至於係衰。
定義: Often used as 'doing the gym' (做gym) in Cantonese, this refers to doing exercise in the gym. Sometimes, it is used as 'gym room', which people may mistaken as '健身室室'.
用法: E.g. 一唔一齊去做gym呀？
E.g. 我仲喺gym room呀，遲D再call你啦。
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 used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the school that a person had graduated from. However, working class and grassroots Hong Kongers may know this term but not use it because it sounds too Latin than English. Hence, they find ‘mother school’ is more sensible and practical to use.
用法: E.g. 你既alma mater係邊間學校？同義詞: 母校, mother school參考: https://youtube.com/shorts/Br8CWgYQNak?si=aFaIMvdv2YSnCxvh
