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香港中英夾雜字典

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hea

定義: (verb) This is an Englishised Cantonese word that refers to slacking off or having nothing to do. 用法: E.g. 哇!今日返工真係好hea呀!E.g.唔洗咁急。Hea下先再做野啦。參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-hea-chok-chur/

jo sun

定義: A code-mixing term used by real ABC Hong Kongers to say good morning because they cannot pronounce the Cantonese equivalent words '早晨' properly. 用法: E.g. ABC:Jo sun! 本土香港人:吓?你講咩話? ABC:Good morning!同義詞: 早晨

adhoc

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to tasks that have not been planned and must be done at the time as they were assigned. 用法: E.g. 今日公司唔係好忙,不過有好多adhoc野做。同義詞: 臨時工作

give you some color see see

定義: A euphemistic way of saying to somebody that you want to teach them a lesson or show them what you've got. (比D顏色你睇) 用法: E.g. 咁寸?! Let me give you some color see see!同義詞: 比D顏色你睇

lounge

定義: Often pronounced as 'launch', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a club lounge in a hotel. 用法: E.g. 唔該,請問個lounge喺邊?我想搵個位坐吓先。同義詞: 休息聽參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mz8kUbNcMw

very delicious

定義: A code-mixing phrase that is often mistakened as grammatically incorrect due to the word 'very' being considered redundant, as 'delicious' already denotes the meaning of very yummy. However, it originates from '好好味' in Cantonese, which means 'very very tasty'. 用法: E.g. 哇,D野食真係very delicious呀。同義詞: 好好味

low tech

定義: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is very unadvanced in technology.  There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野,Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition. '撈' refers to '有得撈', which means you can earn a living. 用法: E.g. 今時今日唔可以再咁low tech架喇。快D買返部智能手機啦。參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf

high tech

定義: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is advanced in technology.  There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野,Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition. 用法: E.g. 哇,張枱有自動升降好high tech呀。參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf

mark

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like use to refer to marking or jotting things down. (標記) 用法: E.g. 記住mark低個schedule比我睇吓先。阿媽:老師上堂講既野有冇mark低呀?

native

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to someone who was born or grew up in a particular country, which Hong Kongers find it a lot more convenient to use than the Cantonese equivalent words because it requires much less linguistic effort. 用法: E.g. 你係唔係native speaker黎架?(講本國語既人) E.g. 你D英文係咪native架?(純正本土口音)參考: https://www.studocu.com/hk/document/city-university-of-hong-kong/world-englishes/lecture-3-city-university-of-hong-kongen5714-world-englishes-and-the-social-context-of/20063922