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定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of '炫耀', which sounds too formal to be used in conversation. Also used as 'show qualie' sometimes.
用法: E.g. 唔好成日係到show off啦。知道你勁喇。E.g. 成日講野都夾雜英文。你喺到show qualie呀?
定義: Pronounced as 'shalup', this is a code-mixing term used to tell somebody to shut up immediately.
用法: E.g. 好鬼嘈呀!快D shalup啦! E.g. 同學:Shalup!老師就快到喇!
同義詞: 收聲
定義: Often said without a 'bus', this is a chique sounding code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to a vehicle that has more specific and direct route to a destination. However, the Cantonese equivalent '穿梭巴士' may be used more often during holiday as it may sound more enjoyable and less 'chur' to ride on.
用法: E.g. 我每日返工都有得搭shuttle,好快就到公司。 (I can take the shuttle to work every day and get to to office very fast.)
同義詞: 穿梭巴士,接駁巴士
參考: https://www.weekendhk.com/網絡熱話/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-香港人-ctb02-by-1413297/2/
定義: Often used as the short form 'SL', this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a day where an employee is sick and needs to notify their company of their absence, which they often have a hard time explaining to their boss that they were really sick on that day.
用法: E.g. 最撚仆街係SL完第二日就會俾老細問候你有冇事,然後你做乜嘢老細都會黑面 (The most f***ing stupid thing is that the next day after your sick leave you will be greeted by the boss asking if you are okay, and then no matter what you do the boss will still be dissatisfied.)
同義詞: 病假
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3995179/page/3
定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a distinctive characteristic by which someone or something can be identified.
用法: E.g. 中英夾雜絕對係香港人signature。 E.g. 呢碟菜就係呢間餐廳既signature。
同義詞: 標誌,招牌菜
參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term transliterated from ‘食飯’, which means eat rice.
用法: E.g. Sik jor farn mei ar? (食左飯未呀?) E.g. Hor yee sik farn la. (可以食飯喇)
同義詞: 食飯
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/16/the-use-of-transliteration-in-kongish/
定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that refers to singing karaoke.
用法: E.g Gum man hui ng hui sing k? (今晚去唔去唱K?)
同義詞: 唱卡啦OK
定義: An ultra efficient code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to singing contest.
用法: E.g. CLS呢個中學生唱singcon唱到跪撚埋喺度 (So frigging crazy! This high school student sang until kneeling down in a singing contest.)
同義詞: 歌唱比賽
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3191125/page/16
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a more abstract way of referring to a person's relationship status without a partner than emphasizing the physical body as ‘單身’ denotes in Cantonese. Even though 'dog' is seen as a derogatory term, the phrase is often treated as a common everyday joke than it is really mocking someone seriously.
用法: E.g. 無論班女仔fd幾大班,三個又好,五個又好,十幾個又好,都係得我係single dog (No matter how big my group of female friends is, three or five or ten, I am the single dog.)
同義詞: 單身狗
參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/708381/page/1
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