香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers love to use to refer to anything that looks like a sauce.

用法: E.g. 半唐番: 可唔可以比啲sauce我? 香港人: 唔係sauce黎架，係醋！(ABC: Can you pass me the sauce? Hong Konger: It's not sauce. It's vinegar!) E.g. 半唐番: 可唔可以比啲sauce我? 香港人: 唔係sauce黎架，係豉油！(ABC: Can you pass me the sauce? Hong Konger: It's not sauce. It's see-yau!)

同義詞: 醬

參考: https://auntieemily.com/soy-sauce-chow-mein/

定義: A code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use when they want to express rejection politely without sounding so blunt.

用法: E.g. 我發現幾多人返工唔識Say No。(I found out there are many people who don't know how to say no at work.) E.g. 唔好意思，我要揸車，所以要對酒精say no。(Sorry, I need to drive so I have to say no to drinking.)

同義詞: 講唔好

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3268602/page/1

定義: A code-mixing phrase that a Jayden Mami likes to repeatedly use to order their children to show gratitude to someone.

用法: E.g. Katherine, 人地比野你, 你要講 thank you, 你要say thank you, 快D say thank you. (Katherine, when people give you something, you need to say thank you, you have to say thank you. Say thank you quickly!)

同義詞: 講多謝

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVAkhPqj83Z/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they show acceptance towards something or someone. Even though it is often used in informal situations and not written down, it can sometimes be official enough like when a girl accepts a guy during a marriage proposal.

用法: E.g. 個女人未say yes直接搶佢隻手戴戒指。(The girl didn't even say yes and he grabbed her hand to put on the ring.)

同義詞: 答應

參考: https://www.threads.com/@timorese2332/post/DVnTY5-jiQo?xmt=AQF0qy0bkiofGtnpzBvRV8K80eRv2Va6md233oSjBwnVGUCCMt_lLP7oN7zuNkcGOPG9nm0h&slof=1

定義: Originated from ‘sayonara’, this is a code-mixing term used by grassroots Hong Kongers who like to show off their limited Japanese language knowledge when they play with kids who are into Japanese anime.

用法: E.g. 下次再同你玩過。Sayunana!

同義詞: sayonara, 拜拜

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3743607/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to the Cantonese equivalent '掃描'.

用法: E.g. 可以scan份document比我嗎？ E.g. 喂，個scanner壞左呀。幾時搵人黎整呀？

同義詞: 掃描

參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese

定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers use when they are scared and freaked out by something.

用法: E.g. Scare die me! You are so early in office today?!

同義詞: 嚇死我

參考: https://graduate.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/20239/2025職場英語-別再說-LIST-OUT-10大常見港式英語錯誤-外國人都聽唔明-4個戒掉港式英語必學的商業用語及常用英式廣東話一覽

定義: A code-mixing term that can hardly be replaced by the equivalent item in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 個project下個月deadline，記住mark低個schedule呀。 E.g. 請問你平時個schedule點架？

參考: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch

定義: Originated from the classic riddle '童子軍跳彈床' meaning scout trampoline, this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to express the meaning of 'I don't f***ing care' in informal situations.

用法: E.g. A: What do you want to eat for lunch? B: Scout dan la.

同義詞: 是鳩但

參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/童子軍跳彈床——是鳩但

定義: Originated from Japanese TV show, this is an Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a teenage-like person who often only lives in their own world and does things just to satisfy themselves, or even acting as if they have secret powers.

用法: E.g. 鍾培生吊威也求婚女友未say yes硬戴戒指網民：太中二了 (Derek Chung proposed to his girlfriend with a wire stunt and put the ring on her while she has not even said yes. Netizens commented: "Such secondary two syndrome!")

同義詞: 中二病

參考: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1239684264415029/