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定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who has an interest in the same gender without making it sound so clear and explicit in case someone is eavesdropping. At other times, it can be used to describe something as awkward such as a plot in a story or film.
用法: E.g. A: 我想問你一個問題：你係咪gay架? B: 唔好喇掛，我唔想搞gay。 (A: I want to ask you a question: Are you gay? B: No thanks, I don't want to be gay.) E.g. A: 今次套電影好睇嗎？B: 我覺得啲劇情好gay囉。(A: Do you like the movie this time? B: I think the story is really gay.)
同義詞: 同性戀, 搞gay
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/1088/
定義: Originated from the Cantonese movie 'Night King' starring Dayo Wong, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kong actress Kay Choi who played the role of a nightclub lady and used it as her name, which was somewhat translated from the place Kwai Fong in Hong Kong.
用法: E.g. 我叫Franchesca！今年19歲半，四捨五入都係 19 歲，嚟自香港葵芳。(I am Franchesca. I am 19 and a half years old, or 19 if rounded down. I come from Kwai Fong in Hong Kong.)
同義詞: 葵芳
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase used by local Hong Kong students to refer to having no time for activities such as dinner or party, which doesn't necessarily mean they have no more time left in their lives such as due to a terminal illness.
用法: E.g. A: Do you want to join the party tonight? B: I have no time.
同義詞: 我冇時間
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj7SHv4Jhw4
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 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 code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to bypassing or avoiding something quickly. It is also often less intentional and deliberate than the Cantonese equivalent term '跳過' and tends to be done without much thinking.
用法: E.g. 正常人每日第一餐必定是早餐，若然經常skip，會打亂人體生物鐘及削弱身體機能，抵抗力自然變差。(For normal people, breakfast is always the first meal of the day. If you often skip it, it will disrupt your body's biological clock and weaken your bodily functions, naturally making your resistance weaker.)
同義詞: 跳過
參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/記性差-原來關早餐事-044500693.html
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to exercise done in the gym. Even though it is often used as '做gym' (do gym), it is not to be confused with 'doing the gym' because the gym is actually the place where people do exercise in native English.
用法: E.g. 想唔想一齊做gym? (Want to work out / do exercise in the gym together?)
同義詞: 健身; 健身室; 健身室運動
參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/做gym
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong celebrity tutors to refer to a collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal.
用法: E.g. 狀元培育向來都是team work. （Nurturing top scorers has always been team work.)
同義詞: 團體合作
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRGmhTQjT1N/?igsh=NWtoNHZ6OGRyOW8x (使用手機版本)
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a meal set offered by a karaoke lounge bar or club.
用法: E.g. 今日去唔去食K lunch呀？一百蚊又可以唱又食，好鬼死抵。(Do you want to have K lunch today? Can sing and eat at the price of just $100, so frigging cheap.)
同義詞: 卡啦OK午餐
參考: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/activity/detail/20009510/唱k推介2024丨全港16大卡啦ok好去處-最平-36起-日文k都有-附地址-收費詳情
定義: A code-mixing term used by a Jayden Mami as a broad umbrella term for a variety of different places that serve food in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. Hailey, Mami頭先同你講去restaurant之前去定toilet。我一早估到你會急架。你兒家睇吓條queue幾long？又要等又要wait喇！(Hailey, Mami just told you to go to the toilet before going to the restaurant. And I have expected that you want to go to the toilet now. But can you see how long the queue is right now? We have to wait and wait again!)
同義詞: 餐廳; 酒家; 飯店; 餐館; 食店
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaINmQPARlx/ (使用手機版本)