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定義: Often used as '散band', this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to dismissing after an event, such as a party.
用法: E.g. 今晚幾點散band?
同義詞: 解散
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW0x5-SyI4o
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: A code-mixing term that refers to the car brand Mercedes-Benz
用法: Wow! Ban¹ ci⁴ ah!
定義: A chic-sounding code-mixing term that refers to year-end bonus (花紅) in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 你間公司今個年尾有bonus嗎?
同義詞: 花紅
參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf
定義: To reserve something, such as an appointment or place, without sounding like it's a date.
用法: E.g. 請問你幫我book左個appointment未? E.g. 聽日book左枱未呀？（訂枱）
同義詞: 訂; 約
參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf
定義: Often pronounced as '波士', this is a more polite sounding code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to '老闆', especially when working in a corporate company.
用法: E.g. 做波士就好啦。我地呢班打工仔一世做奴隸。
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong aunties to refer to the Cathay Pacific airlines. However, it may have nothing to do with Cathay being a cafe.
用法: E.g. A: 你搭咩航空？ B: Cafe Pacific囉。
同義詞: 國泰
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRCavrZCNbZ/?igsh=MTNmNHJmNGtmOG4xZw== (使用手機版本)
定義: This is an lot more linguistically efficient way of saying the Cantonese equivalent '打電話', which has 3 long syllables.
用法: E.g. 可以兒家call你嗎？ E.g. 我尋日call爆你機都唔聽。你去左邊呀？
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
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: Pronounced as 'cam-mell' and criticised as Fake ABC English, this is a code-mixing term used by celebrity Janice man to refer to the animal 'camel'.
用法: E.g. 其實我自己好鍾意cam-mell色既，真係好似D駱駝色既，有少少泥色既。