香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers have unconsciously adopted to refer to a workplace because they have used Microsoft Office a bit too much growing up for doing homework and assignments.

用法: E.g. 聽日要返office？唔係打八號風球咩？！(We need to go to office tomorrow? Isn't it gonna be typhoon 8?!)

同義詞: 辦公室

參考: https://www.jobmarket.com.hk/m/Bastille/返Shift網民大呻轉返Office工仲辛苦：朝九晚六先係真地獄？

定義: Often added with a ‘咗’ like the ‘-ed’ form in English for past tense, this is a code-mixing term that is used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to having completed something, such as an event or project.

用法: E.g. 你地finish咗個project未呀？ E.g. 終於finish咗個event！

同義詞: 完成

參考: https://www.businesstimes.com.hk/articles/157451/創新科技獎學金2024-挑選25位傑出大學生-每人最高15萬港元獎學金/

定義: Often used as 'baby pig' (BB豬) in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to call their lovers.

用法: E.g. BB豬，你買D咩生日禮物比我呀？

同義詞: 寶貝

定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term derived from '支持', meaning to support.

用法: E.g. 全靠大家GCHI，本會終於成功當選，今後仍然需要大家多多GCHI。

同義詞: 支持

參考: https://hkdic.my-helper.com/gchi/

定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to ask a shopkeeper how much something costs, which is extremely effective when bargaining for a lower price at wet markets. It can also be shortened to 'gay cheen' (幾錢).

用法: E.g. Gay dor cheen? (幾多錢?) E.g. Gay cheen? (幾錢?)

同義詞: 幾多錢?

參考: https://homekong.com.hk/blogs/read/helpful-cantonese-phrases-to-know

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person with a feminised voice.

用法: E.g. 我覺得呢個男人cam cam哋。唔知真係男人定係女人呢？

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html

定義: Often used as 'Ah sir' (阿sir), this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a male teacher. (Also see 'Missy' for female teacher)

用法: E.g. 阿sir，我今日冇帶功課。可唔可以唔好罰我呀？

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html

定義: 1. (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person being clever or quick to notice things. Sometimes, it is used as 'sharp醒'. 2. (adj) Used to describe someone's appearance as being too eye-catching.

用法: E.g. 哇，乜今日咁sharp醒呀？咁快做哂D野？ E.g. 呢件衫Ｄ顏色太sharp喇。

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used with “啱key”, which refers to whether you get along well with somebody. Explanation: like the key in a piece of music.

用法: Eg. 你同你朋友啱唔啱key呀？

參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/啱key

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of the Cantonese equivalent '心情'.

用法: E.g. 今日出面咁多人咁迫，真係冇咩mood行街。

同義詞: 心情

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html