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香港中英夾雜字典

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cute

定義: Often pronounced as 'Q' or used as 'Q-tee', this is a code-mixing term that is used by Hong Kongers instead of '可愛' in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 哇,個公仔好Q呀! E.g. 港女:你睇吓我今日著得Q唔Q-tee呀?同義詞: 可愛參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html

movie

定義: Classified as 'JM tone', this is a code-mixing style adopted by Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man to represent the upper class. (Notice that the letter m is a voiced consonant in this word and should be emphasized for extremely proper pronunciation.) 用法: E.g. 我週末得閒既時候會同朋友去睇mooovie。

printer

定義: Often pronounced without the 'r' sounds and with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is an a lot more linguistically efficient way of referring to printer (打印機)in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 內地人:個打印機喺邊呀? 香港人:咩話?三個字咁累贅。叫返printer啦唔該。參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

rocket science

定義: A code-mixing phrase that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to emphasize that something is not a complex problem. 用法: E.g. 呢個問題唔係rocket science。再一齊諗諗佢就解決得到。參考: https://www.mi-learning.com/itsnotrocketscience-meaning/

size

定義: Often pronounced with a '屎' (faeces) at the end of the word, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the overall dimensions of something. 用法: E.g. 請問呢件衫有咩size呀?。同義詞: 大小參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html

sorry

定義: A more effortless way of apologising to someone without sounding so formal and serious. Sometimes, it is pronounced as 'sor-li'. 用法: E.g. Sorry呀,踩親你。 E.g. Sorry呀,我遲到左。 E.g.你:對唔住!係我抵死,係我唔岩!朋友:唔洗咁隆重。你:SORRY囉。參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers

miss

定義: This is a code-mixing term that local student Hong Kongers use to address a female teacher. Sometimes, it is pronounced as 'missy'. 用法: E.g. Miss,請問呢條問題點答?

MTR

定義: Pronounced as 'm-tee-ah-lo', this is a code-mixing term used by the grassroot class Hong Kongers to refer to the train station. 用法: E.g. Foreigner: Excuse me, where is the MTR? HK'er: What? Foreigner: Where is the 'm-tee-ah-lo'? HK'er: Oh I understand! 'm-tee-ah-lo' is over there!

jo sun

定義: A code-mixing term used by real ABC Hong Kongers to say good morning because they cannot pronounce the Cantonese equivalent words '早晨' properly. 用法: E.g. ABC:Jo sun! 本土香港人:吓?你講咩話? ABC:Good morning!同義詞: 早晨

care

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kong businessmen to refer to something that they give a damn about, as the equivalent terms '理', '在乎' or '關心' in Cantonese sound too romantic or loving in a professional setting. 用法: E.g. 我唔care你要OT到幾多點,總之要幫我搞掂。 E.g. 其實我都好care我既員工既福利。 E.g. 艾東care! (I don't care!)