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定義: A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to going to bars and clubs because they find the Cantonese equivalent terms a lot more suitable for a mature audience.
用法: E.g. A: 去唔去clubbing呀？B: 你指係邊啲？A: 緊唔係夜總會啦！(A: Do you want to go clubbing? B: Which type are you referring to? A: Of course not nightclubs!)
同義詞: 夜店，夜總會
參考: https://jyutdictionary.com/dictionary/entry/夜總會
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to tell somebody to shut the f**k up. It is used instead of the Cantonese equivalent '收皮' in order to tone down the directness of this very rude phrase. It originates from street vendors who used to pack their things up on wooden mats when police arrived back in those days of Hong Kong.
用法: E.g. 喂，講完未呀？Collect skin啦。E.g. 真係頂你唔順呀，快D collect skin啦。
同義詞: 收皮
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to contact lens.
用法: E.g. 港女：我唔要戴眼鏡。我要戴con！
參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to express worry about something.
用法: E.g. 最近公司既野收入令到我好concern。
參考: https://www.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/職場英語-盤點辦公室改不掉的中英夾雜-double-comfirm是錯的/1301-25515
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to giving or providing something, in order to help achieve a goal.
用法: E.g. 麻煩大家contribute一吓個discussion。
同義詞: 貢獻
參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: A code-mixing term used to mean fashionable and attractive. However, it can also refer to being snobby sometimes.
用法: E.g. 哇，你載左太陽眼鏡好cool呀。 E.g. 唔好成日係到扮cool啦。你以為你自己好型咩？
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to counting down on New Year’s Eve because they were never familiar with anything related to ‘數' since they never attended local schools that taught difficult Math in Chinese.
用法: E.g. New Year’s Eve嗰日你會去邊到count down? (Where will you go for count down on New Year's Eve?)
同義詞: 倒數
參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/lifestyle/east-hong-kong-sugar-anime-skyline-countdown-to-2026-party
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to hanging up the phone.
用法: E.g. 又cut我電話？咩事呀？ E.g. 呢D sales再打黎cut佢線得架喇。
參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644
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