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定義: A code-mixing term that refers to understanding the gist of something. Sometimes, it is also used to refer to understanding the small parts of something, in order to understand the whole thing.
用法: E.g. 佢好像唔係咁get我們講D咩。 E.g. 你要get到最基本既concept先,之後你就會明哂所有野。
參考: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch
定義: A code-mixing phrase that westernised Hong Kongers like to use when they want to show their warmth and passion in befriending others, even when they have known a person for just a short while.
用法: E.g. Hey man,近排幾好嗎?(How have you been?) E.g. Hey man,吃左飯未呀?(Have you eaten yet?) E.g. Hey man,不如今餐我請呀?(What about I treat you this meal?)
同義詞: 喂,老友
定義: A code-mixing term used to refer to holding something physically (揸), but with the meaning of waiting for the return of something as well.
用法: E.g. Hold住個電話先。 E.g. 個project兒家hold住左,因為要同個客傾返好先。
同義詞: 揸
參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644
定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers when one feels embarassed about something stupid that he has done but still wishes to admit it honestly. While the phrase is English-sounding with Holland being a western country and Ben being an English name, it is actually homophonous with '好撚笨柒' in Cantonese, which has the literal meaning of 'very f***ing stupid penis'.
用法: E.g. I forgot my wallet at home! I am Holland Ben 7!
同義詞: 好撚笨柒, Holland Bank Cheque
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 used by local Hong Kong students when they want to avoid sounding too unrealistic when giving an example to illustrate a point.
用法: E.g. Imagine 你嘅英文好差,但係入咗英文中學,考試嗰陣第一步係要將全部唔識嘅英文轉做中文睇 (Imagine your English were very poor, but you entered an English secondary school. Then you had to read all the English like you read Chinese during the exams.)
同義詞: 幻想
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: Short for 'job description', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kong HR departments like to use to refer to the piece of text that describes the job nature and responsibilities of a position in a company, which may be long or short depending on how much they want an applicant to know about the job.
用法: E.g. 又話會send份JD比我睇?你send左去邊度?(I thought you were going to send me the JD to have a look? Where did you send it to?)
同義詞: 工作內容
參考: https://english.cool/job-description/
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to the activity of finding a job, which definitely sounds more fun, exciting and challenging than the Cantonese equivalent terms '求職' and '找工作'.
用法: E.g. A: 你搵到工嗎? B: 冇呀,我仲喺到job hunting。
同義詞: 求職, 找工作
參考: https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/1opsow8/job_hunting_socialising_in_hk/
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers often use to refer to the act of becoming a part of a group or party, but sometimes without the responsibility or effort of attending or participating.
用法: E.g. A: 今晚join唔join個after party? B: Join左喇,不過懶得去囉。(Will you join the after party tonight? B: I have joined already, but I'm too lazy to go.)
同義詞: 加入,參加
參考: https://www.threads.com/@harpymill/post/DT0laZJDJNR/video-唔好意思係咪太遲join個party尋秦記-豎琴-harp-香港