香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a softer way of not responding to someone without acting like that person isn't there at all.

用法: E.g. 畀男朋友ignore到灰 (I am being ignored by my boyfriend to the point of being very sad.)

同義詞: 無視

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/361401/page/5

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers sometimes use to refer to the Swedish furniture store.

用法: E.g. A: 咁你係叫 IKEA 定宜家家居？B: 姨媽傢俬 C: 宜家傢俬 (A: So do you say IKEA or Yee-Ga Furniture? B: Auntie Furniture. C: Yee-Ga Furniture)

同義詞: 宜家傢俬

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/FAxWjYYL-/

定義: A code-mixing phrase that overseas educated Hong Kongers use when they want to express their well-educated guess or opinion on a subject matter without sounding so formal and bookish.

用法: E.g. 呢個program我覺得in general係幾學到野。(I think I can really learn from this program in general.)

同義詞: 一般而言

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3990504/page/1

定義: Derived from '寸' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who is cocky or arrogant.

用法: E.g. 知道你叻喇！不過洗唔洗咁inch呀？（in廚)

同義詞: 寸

參考: https://www.hk01.com/熱爆話題/159516/konglish-港式英語鬧爆疑似第三者-網民-香港人先會明嘅英文

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to ask for a deeper analytical understanding of something.

用法: E.g. 你睇完本書有咩insight? (What insights do you have after reading the book?)

同義詞: 見解; 睇法

參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/202301935/202301935_1.pdf

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to a meeting invitation sent out by the MS Outlook software.

用法: E.g. 係咪聽日想開會傾呢樣野？唔該send個invitation黎先。

同義詞: 邀請

定義: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers often use to ask someone to go to an event in a polite and semi-formal manner.

用法: E.g. A: 可唔可以叫埋我個friend黎？B: 好呀，等我invite埋佢啦。(A: Can you get my friend to come as well? B: Sure, let me invite him.)

同義詞: 邀請

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2051830/page/2

定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to treating someone a meal, such as lunch or dinner.

用法: E.g. Can you invite you to dinner today?

同義詞: 請

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkP4AAqaKTk

定義: The Hong Kong way of referring to the invoice sent to customers, as '發票' is rarely used.

用法: E.g. 張invoice send左比個客未呀？ E.g. 喂，你咁快send左invoice黎係咪想追我數呀？

同義詞: 發票

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe something as more inferior in quality than another without saying it's of bad quality.

用法: E.g. 我去過呢間bar。It's even worse!

同義詞: 更加差

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3047481/page/1