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香港中英夾雜字典

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encore

定義: Pronounced as 'N-call', this is a code-mixing term used to get the performer to sing one more time at the end of a concert. 用法: E.g.今次演唱會唔知會ENCORE幾多次呢? E.g. Encore!!!我今次要encore到爆為止!

peng di

定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase used by foreigners to bargain in a wet market, in order to get a bigger deal or low price. A 'la' is also usually added at the end for emphasis. 用法: E.g. This is fifty dollars? Peng di la!同義詞: 平D參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/travel/basic-cantonese-phrases-every-traveller-to-hong-kong-needs-to-know

receiver

定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to a small wireless unit that is plugged into a computer’s USB port for receiving signals for a keyboard or mouse. 用法: E.g. 有冇見過我個receiver? 我好似唔見左。同義詞: 接收器

suppose

定義: A generic term for a number of equivalent Cantonese words used to avoid absolute certainty. 用法: E.g. 件貨suppose今日到。(預期-expectedly/predictably) E.g. 我suppose你係岩既。 (假設-guess) E.g. 警察係suppose要保護市民。 (應該-should)

uncle

定義: A polite way of addressing a stranger, usually a much older person, when you meet them for the first time. 用法: E.g. 哈佬Uncle,nice to meet you! E.g. 阿女,快D叫聲uncle啦。參考: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3048345/hong-kong-comes-alive-learning-cantonese-make-sure-you-know

I mean

定義: A tag-switching phrase often used by Native Hong Kongers for clarifying on matters. However, it can sometimes be overused by Fake ABC's to strike a western impression on others. 用法: E.g. 份project未搞掂呀。I mean,我岩岩做完要check吓先。 E.g. 港女:你應該食少D野。I mean,你應該減吓肥至岩。 E.g. 香港人:你講咩話?偽ABC:I mean,well... I mean,我覺得你身材唔係好fit囉I mean。參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers

wai wai wai

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to forming inner circles and having decisions made by its members. 用法: E.g. You think they are really inviting a bid? They are just wai wai wai!同義詞: 圍威喂參考: https://words.hk/zidin/圍威喂

team work

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

copy and paste

定義: A code-mixing phrase that even young and senior local Hong Kong students like to use to refer to duplicating information in the digital format because they were just never used to Chinese Windows. 用法: E.g. A:搵AI gen成編文出黎,再copy and paste落自己份功課到咪得囉。B:喂,你唔好教壞我喎?!(A: Just get the AI to generate some essay, then copy and paste it into your homework. Done! B: Hey, don't teach me a wrong habit!)同義詞: 複製與貼上參考: https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/香港語文

file

定義: Often pronounced as 'fi-lo' with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that is more generic to be used for a number of different items in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 唔該copy呢個file比我。(電腦檔案) E.g. 買多個file儲住D紀錄。(文件夾) E.g. 警察:我哋會睇返呢單case既file。(檔案)參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf