香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Purportedly to have come from JobsDB applications, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a less direct way of informing someone the very small chance of good news happening, such as the extension of an employee's contract.

用法: E.g. 下屬：請問我大唔大可能會續約？ 上司：暫時黎講，續約係會unlikely。(Employee: May I ask how likely my contract will extend? Employer: As of now, the chance of extending your contract is unlikely.)

同義詞: 唔大可能; 冇可能

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2591532/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a more natural and effortless way to ask for another person's contact number to their mobile phone list.

用法: E.g. 我唔係識左你好耐，不過可唔可以add左你先呀？(I haven't known you for long, but may I add you first?) E.g. 其實ig D女狂add 人係為左咩？(Why on earth are the girls on Instagram adding people wildly?)

同義詞: 加

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2309015/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to reaching a consensus on matters of a situation.

用法: E.g. 我地一齊align一下意見，再匯報比上頭知。

同義詞: 保持一致

參考: https://www.story001.com/post-196.html

定義: A code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to refer the way in which a person can start a conversation with someone, especially for the purpose of drawing nearer to them in relationship or distance.

用法: E.g. 到底可以點approach男仔? (How on earth can I approach boys?)

同義詞: 靠近

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/546513/page/13

定義: It is a slang used in casual, humorous contexts to describe the buttocks, often linked to the roundness of the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

用法: My first skateboard experience is i fell on my august 15th as soon as I stood on the board!

同義詞: 八月十五

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/32249/

定義: 許多香港人的廣東話是直接由英文翻譯過來，譬如Bearing，Barrack。平時口語叫「啤1令2」及「1巴1叻」(讀力第1聲)，比起說「輪軸」及「儲物房」在交流上更加方便易明。(Many Hong Kongers translate Cantonese directly from English, such as Bearing and Barrack. Said as "啤1令2" and "1巴1叻" (pronounced 1st tone), it is more convenient and understandable than saying "wheel shaft" and "storage room".)

用法: 車輪啤令鬆脫，電動車在行車時發出了雜聲 (The wheel bearing came loose, causing the electric vehicle to make abnormal noises while driving.)

同義詞: 啤令，巴叻; 士巴拿spanner

定義: Pronounced with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that refers to 'calculator'.  Also used as 'cal機' sometimes.

用法: E.g. 唔該借個cal機比我呀？ E.g. 試下用caltor check吓個answer。

同義詞: 計數機

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a restaurant located inside a school or company. However, it is worth noting that the origin of the word is from Europe and should not to be confused with ‘can-ting’ or ‘can-teng’ in Mandarin or Cantonese (餐廳), which start with the ‘ts’ sound instead of ‘k’ sound in ‘can’.

用法: E.g. 今日好多人呀！快啲落canteen霸位啦！(There are so many people today! Let's go to the canteen to hog the seats first!)

同義詞: 飯堂; 食堂 ; 餐廳

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSKkZbOEqPJ/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A more broad and general code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to having concern, kindness and empathy towards others but not to the point of being so loving.

用法: E.g. 之前都識左個男仔, 一開始都好nice 好caring, 突然有一日係車鬧左我成個鐘。(I used to know a guy who was very nice and caring at the start, but there came a day where he suddenly scolded me for an hour in the car.)

同義詞: 關心別人；有愛心

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3665573/page/28

定義: An ultra convenient code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to registering your arrival at a place like a hotel or airport, as the Cantonese equivalent '辦理入住手續' sounds too long and verbose.

用法: E.g. 快D check in左先啦，至後再慢慢搵野食。

參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf