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定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to downloading files from the internet. ('下載') Sometimes, it is shortened to 'down' instead.
用法: E.g. Download個file落黎,再send比我呀唔該。
同義詞: 下載
定義: A slightly more polite sounding code-mixing term that real ABC's in Hong Kong like to use instead the Cantonese equivalent '大佬', meaning 'big brother', even though the literal meaning is usually not taken when used, just like the word 'dude'.
用法: E.g. Dude,你係到搞D咩呀? E.g. Dude,你好還錢喇喎? E.g. Dude,你以為你自己好型呀?
同義詞: 大佬
定義: A code-mixing term that is used in place of '交'.
用法: E.g. 同學:份功課幾時due呀?你:好似聽日due得喇喎。
定義: A jubilant, nonchalant way of showing off to your friends. Used together with 'juice' in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 哎呀!今次唔洗溫書都實pass啦!Easy汁啦!
同義詞: 容易
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to tell someone to eat sh*t or cock. (食蕉)
用法: E.g. Hahaha! You lose this game! Eat banana la!
同義詞: 食蕉
參考: https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/16113/what-does-蕉-mean-in-cantonese
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone being a scapegoat or taking the blame for something that they did not do.
用法: E.g. I did not cheat in the exam and you made me eat dead cat??!
同義詞: 食死貓
參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to the ending of a matter, story, or event.
用法: E.g. Ending係點,我地自己決定架。(來至電影"明日戰記")
同義詞: 結局
定義: A word used by Hong Kong people to express absolute affirmation, which is comparable to 'Bingo!'
用法: E.g. 係喇,係喇。Exactly! E.g. 岩喇!呢個就係我exactly想講既野。 E.g. 我唔係太get你exactly想講咩。
定義: Often complemented with '鳩吹' meaning talking nonsense or bullsh*t, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the type of language exchange where people are simply talking and chatting but not quite making much effort in learning language at all.
用法: E.g. 去唔去language exchange呀?B:你係指鳩吹exchange?(A: Want to go to language exchange? B: You mean nonsense / bullsh*t exchange?)
同義詞: 交流
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1240271/page/2
定義: A generic term for a number of different Chinese words of equivalent meaning, sometimes used to tone down your directness and also to maximise communicative efficiency.
用法: E.g. 老師: 老師唔expect你100分,不過盡左力就得喇。(要求) E.g. 朋友: 今日係我生日。我expect你都比下面掛。(預料) E.g. 我冇expect過今次考試會考成咁。(預期) E.g. 上司對你冇咩expectation,總之搞掂D野就得喇。(期望)
同義詞: 要求; 預料; 預期; 期望