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定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe people with high standards of social, moral and ethical behaviour which covers everything from the way they look, dress, and talk.
用法: E.g. 我覺得呢個行業既人都係好proper。(I think everybody in this industry are so proper.)
同義詞: 規矩, 正當, 得體
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/4012349/page/1
定義: A shortened form of 'sorry' that is often used by Hong Kongers.
用法: E.g. Sor，唔小心踩到你。 E.g. *碰到人* Sor，sor，sor。
同義詞: Sorry, 對唔住
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
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong HR departments like to use when they report back to candidates on their interview result, which is more objective than the Cantonese equivalent that contains the phrase ‘評價‘, which tends to give people the feeling of being evaluated or judged.
用法: E.g. 今日收到消息話你既面試表現都係positive架。(I received news today saying that your interview result was positive.)
同義詞: 正面評價
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2492328/page/36
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe something as more inferior in quality than another without saying it's of bad quality.
用法: E.g. 我去過呢間bar。It's even worse!
同義詞: 更加差
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3047481/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to ‘out of syllabus’, which is used by local school students in Hong Kong.
用法: Past paper條題目out c左。
同義詞: 非考試範圍
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: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use instead of '跳過'.
用法: E.g. 條題目好難。skip左先啦。
同義詞: 跳過
參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/
定義: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use instead of '冷場' (laang5 ceong4), which literally translates to 'cold scene'.
用法: E.g. 考口試最緊要唔好dead air。
同義詞: 冷場
參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/
定義: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to refer to a social event.
用法: E.g. 最近公司有咩function要搞？
參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/