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定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a meal set offered by a karaoke lounge bar or club.
用法: E.g. 今日去唔去食K lunch呀?一百蚊又可以唱又食,好鬼死抵。(Do you want to have K lunch today? Can sing and eat at the price of just $100, so frigging cheap.)
同義詞: 卡啦OK午餐
參考: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/activity/detail/20009510/唱k推介2024丨全港16大卡啦ok好去處-最平-36起-日文k都有-附地址-收費詳情
定義: A classic Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to picking up, chatting up and courting someone, especially girls. Even though this is considered a more serious term than 'flirting', it is still very often used to describe someone who is just chatting up the opposite sex but not necessarily looking for romance, especially for the long term.
用法: E.g. Tonight go ng go kau lui? (Want to pick up girls tonight?)
同義詞: 溝
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,39072
定義: A code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to refer to '靚', which describes something as beautiful or good-looking.
用法: E.g. No, but seriously it’s really lang, you are the one who said hou ce right?
參考: http://www.lingref.com/isb/4/039ISB4.PDF
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to making the remark "looks good to me" after doing a code review for a programmer, which means the work has been done properly.
用法: E.g. Review完喇,LGTM!ϵ( 'Θ' )϶
同義詞: 睇落唔錯
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3878537/page/24
定義: A romanised code-mixing term that is used to describe something, a person, or state as being so-so, or just okay in quality.
用法: E.g. A: How was the event? B: Ma ma dei la. E.g. A: How are you today? B: Ma ma dei la. E.g. A: What do you think of this shirt? B: I think it's ma ma dei.
同義詞: 麻麻地
參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-guide-hong-kong-descriptive-slang-phrases
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to express how serious a matter is and is no joke at all.
用法: E.g. 鍾培生:Sign the f***ing contract. No bullsh*t let's go.
同義詞: 廢話少講, 來吧
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDK59_Yhv6Y
定義: A noun phrase-looking code-mixing verb that native Hong Kongers use to refer to someone who did not turn up at an event or occasion.
用法: E.g. 大日子遲到同no show無分別 (On an important occasion, there is no difference between being late and not showing up.)
同義詞: 冇到, 缺席
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3844386/page/9
定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term that is a deliberate misspelling of 'OK'.
用法: E.g. Nei zi chin mai wah seung do new pt, my frd arm arm told me kui find gun ppl, go tgt oj ng oj? (你之前咪話想做新Part Time,我朋友同我講佢搵緊人,一齊去好唔好?)
同義詞: OK
參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/283411/大學生打字用火星文-10句港式英文拼音大挑戰-測試你識幾多
定義: Derived from '老屎忽' meaning 'old buttocks', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used to refer to a person who has high authority in a company but often looks down on the subordinates, points fingers at them, and uses them to his or her advantage.
用法: E.g. My senior is such an old seafood! He just likes to point his finger at people and doesn't do anything himself!
同義詞: 老屎忽
定義: Transliterated from '玻璃心' meaning 'heart made of glass', this is a code-mixing phrase used by local student Hong Kongers to refer to someone who can be easily hurt and broken, just like as fragile as glass.
用法: E.g. He is very manly but he is actually a polly shum when it comes to love.
同義詞: 玻璃心
參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now