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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: Derived from 'tea restaurant', this is a romanised code-mixing term used by Hong Kong expats to refer to a popular type of restaurant that serves a wide variety of foods, which is said to be the essence of Hong Kong's culture. (Also char chaan teng, cha chaan tang.)
用法: E.g. “Make no mistake, ‘cha chaan tangs’—literally translated as tea restaurants—are not where you go ‘yum cha’ and eat ‘dim sum’.”
同義詞: 茶餐廳
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。
定義: A noun-turned-adjective code-mixing term used to describe how charming or attractive a person is.
用法: E.g. 喂,你覺得佢好charm嗎? E.g. 你今日著得好charm喎。
同義詞: 有魅力