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定義: An Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a person who likes to say nice things to flatter someone, especially for the sake of promotion in a workplace. Also known as kissing someone's arse.
用法: E.g. You're such a shoe polisher!
同義詞: 擦鞋仔
參考: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcsWOeRgxlW/?igsi=MzhpcGs0NzZ2b3h0 (使用手機版本)
定義: A chic-sounding code-mixing term used in Hong Kong Cantonese that shows the speaker's education background and western appeal.
用法: E.g. 唔好意思，我週末要去shopping。唔得閒應酬你。 E.g. 做人唔shop下ping邊得呀？
同義詞: 購物
定義: Translated from the punning of ‘粟米肉粒飯’ (shuk mai yuk lup fan), this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to a rice dish with creamed corn and pork served in Hong Kong Cha Chaan Tang restaurants.
用法: E.g. Excuse me, may I have a ‘show me your love rice’?
同義詞: 粟米肉粒飯
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/12/kongish-a-new-language-of-hong-kongers/
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers as a less dramatic way of displaying one's abilities and achievements so that it does not deliberately make others envy you.
用法: E.g. 帶BB 去旅行根本滿足父母show off 私慾，"阿仔未夠一歲坐飛機，勁呢" (Taking a baby on a trip is really just about satisfying the parents' desire to show off—"My kid’s been on a plane before turning one; pretty impressive, right?")
同義詞: 炫耀
參考: https://www.threads.com/@bae146/post/Dd45t-xklle/帶bb-去旅行根本滿足父母show-off-私慾阿仔未夠一歲坐飛機勁呢/
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of '炫耀', which sounds too formal to be used in conversation. Also used as 'show qualie' sometimes.
用法: E.g. 唔好成日係到show off啦。知道你勁喇。E.g. 成日講野都夾雜英文。你喺到show qualie呀？
定義: Pronounced as 'shalup', this is a code-mixing term used to tell somebody to shut up immediately.
用法: E.g. 好鬼嘈呀！快D shalup啦！ E.g. 同學：Shalup！老師就快到喇！
同義詞: 收聲
定義: Often said without a 'bus', this is a chique sounding code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to a vehicle that has more specific and direct route to a destination. However, the Cantonese equivalent '穿梭巴士' may be used more often during holiday as it may sound more enjoyable and less 'chur' to ride on.
用法: E.g. 我每日返工都有得搭shuttle，好快就到公司。 (I can take the shuttle to work every day and get to to office very fast.)
同義詞: 穿梭巴士，接駁巴士
參考: https://www.weekendhk.com/網絡熱話/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-香港人-ctb02-by-1413297/2/
定義: Often used as the short form 'SL', this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a day where an employee is sick and needs to notify their company of their absence, which they often have a hard time explaining to their boss that they were really sick on that day.
用法: E.g. 最撚仆街係SL完第二日就會俾老細問候你有冇事，然後你做乜嘢老細都會黑面 (The most f***ing stupid thing is that the next day after your sick leave you will be greeted by the boss asking if you are okay, and then no matter what you do the boss will still be dissatisfied.)
同義詞: 病假
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3995179/page/3
定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a distinctive characteristic by which someone or something can be identified.
用法: E.g. 中英夾雜絕對係香港人signature。 E.g. 呢碟菜就係呢間餐廳既signature。
同義詞: 標誌，招牌菜
參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term transliterated from ‘食飯’, which means eat rice.
用法: E.g. Sik jor farn mei ar? (食左飯未呀？） E.g. Hor yee sik farn la. (可以食飯喇）
同義詞: 食飯
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/16/the-use-of-transliteration-in-kongish/