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定義: A shortened code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to uploading files to the internet. ('上載')
用法: E.g. 快D幫我up張相到IG啦！
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to downloading files from the internet. ('下載') Sometimes, it is shortened to 'down' instead.
用法: E.g. Download個file落黎，再send比我呀唔該。同義詞: 下載
定義: A way to avoid sounding too imaginative when you want to suggest things that are impossible to happen.
用法: E.g. Let’s say你有日比人老粒左，你會點呢？
E.g. Let’s say你考試肥佬左，你會點面對你家人？
E.g. Let's say你比人打獲金，你會唔會還拖？
定義: A code-mixing term by native Hong Kongers to avoid saying the word 'like' in order to sound more professional in formal situations, or to avoid sounding biased when you like one item more than another.
用法: E.g. 你prefer今星期邊一日interview呀？
E.g. 你prefer幾點睇戲呀？
E.g. 我prefer佢個idea多D。同義詞: 比較喜歡
定義: Pronounced as 'sik-q', this is a code-mixing term used to refer to the security staff of a building.
用法: E.g. 同我快D叫'食Q'黎！
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: Derived from 'gut' (吉) meaning nothingness or tangerines, this is a romanised code-mixing slang phrase used to describe someone is messing about and wasting time, which purportedly comes from people in the past going into Hong Kong stores just to drink the bowl of soup called 'gut' soup (吉湯) without spending money on the food at all. 'wun' can mean to mix (混) or to transport (運).
用法: Auntie: Stop tasting my fruits here and there! Are you wun gut?同義詞: 運吉, 混吉參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now
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