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定義: 1. (noun) A word used instead of the Cantonese equivalent to denote the meaning of casual wear. 2. (verb) A word used to tell another person to be casual, informal, and relaxed. 3. (adj.) A word used to describe something as being informal, such as an event.
用法: E.g. 同事: 聽日著casual得喇,知道嗎? E.g. 今日食飯casual D得喇。(隨便) E.g. 我聽日要去個casual既聚會。(非正式)
同義詞: 隨便; 非正式
參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to refer to talking to someone in order to know what they have been doing.
用法: E.g. 我地幾時會再catch up吓?好耐冇見喇。
同義詞: 趕上進度
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to sending a copy of an email message to another recipient.
用法: E.g. 份email記住cc埋比所有人。
同義詞: 抄送
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。
同義詞: 典禮
定義: A shortened code-mixing term that refers to 'certificate'.
用法: E.g. 我終於考到張cert喇!
定義: A Kongish code-mixing term used to describe how poor (慘) someone is.
用法: E.g. I cried coz I am very chaam. E.g. 今次考試肥左真係好chaam。 E.g. 做到扒左喺到咁真係chaamchaam豬。
同義詞: 慘
參考: https://topick.hket.com/article/3056055/【港式英文】嫌米綫店「updup」及食客「wuddud」%20%20%20%20港女IG發文形容好「Chaam」
定義: An alternative way of referring to someone who's getting on your nerves, as the equivalent term '挑戰' in Cantonese sounds too much like a real duel or battle and hence too provocative to use.
用法: E.g. 老闆:夠喇。你唔好係到挑戰我。你:我幾時有挑戰過你呀?! E.g. 老闆:夠喇。你唔好係到challenge我。你:*silence*
同義詞: 挑戰
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who have more than a regular habit of drinking champagnes.
用法: E.g. 今日係禮拜五晚,我地黎支champagne嗱?!
同義詞: 香檳
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the language channel that one is speaking in.
用法: E.g. 做咩成日轉channel講英文呀?你喺到扮ABC呀? E.g. 咪住。等我轉一轉channel講返中文先。