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定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to getting a facial treatment.
用法: E.g. 日日做facial塊面先至靚架麻。 E.g. 做緊facial咪鬼打黎啦。
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: Often pronounced as 'fat check', this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to verifying the validity and accuracy of something.
用法: E.g. 洗唔洗fact check一吓呢個人係真定係假?(Do we need to fact check this person to see if he is real or fake?)
同義詞: 事實查核
參考: https://medialiteracy.hk/不看你絕對後悔:fact-check背後的「真相」/
定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong expats use to tell someone to hurry up. The particle 'la' is often added for emphasis.
用法: Fai di la! The bus is here!
同義詞: 快D啦
參考: https://geoexpat.com/forum/53/thread22332-2.html
定義: Often transliterated and pronounced as the loan phrase '肥佬' meaning 'fat guy', this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe getting an unsuccessful result when doing something. Sometimes, it can be shortened to '肥' (fat) as a verb.
用法: E.g. 哎呀!今次考試肥左佬! E.g. 唔係掛?考咁多次都肥?!
同義詞: 肥佬
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/16296/
定義: Derived from the idiom '傾國傾城', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used to describe women that are so devastatingly beautiful that they can make a country or city fall.
用法: E.g. The girls in this club are so fall country fall city!
同義詞: 傾國傾城
定義: Pronounced as 'fan-see' with a rising intonation on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to admirers of a person, such as a celebrity. Sometimes, the transliteration of the word '粉絲' is used instead.
用法: E.g. 我係你既忠心fans黎架。同我影張相好嗎?
同義詞: 粉絲
定義: A code-mixing term used to refer to the fax machine (傳真機). Often used as 'fax機' or 'fax屎機'.
用法: E.g. 部fax機work唔work呀? E.g. 唔該幫我fax呢張野過去呀? E.g. 請問收唔收到我張fax屎呀?
參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644
定義: (noun) A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe an experience as pleasurable. However, it can also be used to refer to having romantic feelings towards a person.
用法: E.g. 呢間bar好有feel。(This bar has a good vibe.) E.g. 唔好意思,我對你冇feel。(Sorry, but I don’t have any feelings for you.)
同義詞: 感覺; 氣氛; 心情
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNvk8qHZBN-/ (使用手機版本)
定義: Often pronounced as 'fi-lo' with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that is more generic to be used for a number of different items in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 唔該copy呢個file比我。(電腦檔案) E.g. 買多個file儲住D紀錄。(文件夾) E.g. 警察:我哋會睇返呢單case既file。(檔案)
同義詞: 文件夾; 檔案
參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf
定義: Often added with a ‘咗’ like the ‘-ed’ form in English for past tense, this is a code-mixing term that is used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to having completed something, such as an event or project.
用法: E.g. 你地finish咗個project未呀? E.g. 終於finish咗個event!
同義詞: 完成
參考: https://www.businesstimes.com.hk/articles/157451/創新科技獎學金2024-挑選25位傑出大學生-每人最高15萬港元獎學金/