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定義: A Hong Kong style business trip where one tries to enjoy himself like going on a vacation, in addition to visiting a client for work purposes.
用法: E.g. 老闆:下個星期你要幫我出trip見個客,知道嗎? 你:好呀! E.g. 唔知今次出trip好唔好玩呢?
參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese
定義: An Englishised Cantonese phrase that real ABC Hong Kongers use to refer to going to a traditional Chinese restaurant for dim sum. (飲茶)
用法: E.g. Let's go to yum cha this weekend!
同義詞: 飲茶
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to emphasize the reality of a situation, as even lovers have a working relationship sometimes. In other cases such as a workplace, it is simply to match the working atmosphere.
用法: E.g. 你:我地之間唔係好work呀,你明唔明呀?男/女朋友:明白。(你:我地之間唔係好得呀,你明唔明呀?男/女朋友:你講緊邊方面唔得呀?!) E.g. 你:個program唔work呀。老細:哦。(你:個program唔得呀。老細:又唔得!)
定義: (verb) A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to persuading someone forcefully to do or achieve something.
用法: E.g. 資優學生唔需要push佢地做,係咁依點下就ok。(There is no need to push talented students, as you just need to guide them casually.)
同義詞: 逼迫;催逼
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/337010/page/1
定義: A shortened code-mixing term that refers to 'semester' and can hardly be replaced '學期'.
用法: E.g. 大學生:唔知今個sem考成點呢? 你:份project幾時交呀?同學:sem尾先至交呀。
同義詞: 學期
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to avoid describing a problem as complicated because they have the intelligence to solve it. At other times, there is just not a word that covers all the meanings of intelligent, complicated and even elegant sometimes.
用法: E.g. 呢個問題唔係復雜,只係太過sophisticated。如果你識將個問題分拆,你就會解答得到。 (This problem is not complicated, but just too sophisticated. If you know how to break down the problem, you will be able to solve it.)
同義詞: 複習
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used to describe something that is very good or awesome.
用法: E.g. The food is so jeng! (正) E.g. The movie was ho jeng ah! (好正呀)
同義詞: 正
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by grassroots Hong Kongers when they want to express gratitude for something they have received, such as an email with an attachment. However, the working class Hong Kongers realise that this is probably not such a suitable term for them to use so they say 'Noted/Received with thanks'.
用法: E.g. Well-received with thanks.
同義詞: 收到
定義: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to the numerical outcome of something rather than the consequence or ending of something.
用法: E.g. 出嚟個result有70分。(The result which came out was 70 marks.)
同義詞: 數據; 結果
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3797010/page/1
定義: A romanised code-mixing term that real ABC’s like to use to refer to toilet. (廁所)
用法: E.g. Excuse me? Where is the chee sor?
同義詞: 廁所