香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Transliterated from '玻璃心' meaning 'heart made of glass', this is a code-mixing phrase used by local student Hong Kongers to refer to someone who can be easily hurt and broken, just like as fragile as glass.

用法: E.g. He is very manly but he is actually a polly shum when it comes to love.

同義詞: 玻璃心

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now

定義: Often pronounced as 'ha-lo', this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers often use to greet somebody instead of '你好', which sounds too formal sometimes.

用法: E.g. Ha-lo，我叫Peter。你叫咩名？

同義詞: 哈佬

定義: An idiom made popular by the toy product 'Need Son Ng Need Mum', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to the Chinese family tradition of favouring sons over daughters in carrying on a bloodline.

用法: E.g. A: Do you think you come from a traditional family? B: Yes! Need son ng need mum!

同義詞: 要仔唔要乸, 重男輕女

參考: https://www.threads.com/@apetoys/post/DNfCsgkP2qd/限量預訂嘩曱甴懷孕動物-要仔唔要乸-第六彈-小強系列need-son-ng-need-mum-small-strong-series全12款1隱藏款每盒都有男b

定義: A code-mixing term by native Hong Kongers to avoid saying the word 'like' in order to sound more professional in formal situations, or to avoid sounding biased when you like one item more than another.

用法: E.g. 你prefer今星期邊一日interview呀？ E.g. 你prefer幾點睇戲呀？ E.g. 我prefer佢個idea多D。

同義詞: 比較喜歡

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person with a feminised voice.

用法: E.g. 我覺得呢個男人cam cam哋。唔知真係男人定係女人呢？

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used to describe something that happened at a later time than expected. (延遲)

用法: E.g. 今次班機delay左好耐。下次搵第二間航空公司喇!

同義詞: 延遲

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: A code-mixing term used by the upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the Italian luxury brand. However, the grassroots Hong Kongers pronounce it as '飛甩雞毛', which means the chicken dropping its feathers.

用法: E.g. Ａ：你著緊咩牌子？飛甩雞毛？Ｂ：係Ferragamo呀。

同義詞: 飛甩雞毛

定義: Sometimes used with a negation particle such as '唔' meaning 'not' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe something as not very kind and pleasant in a less direct and personal way, even though the word is usually used to describe a person.

用法: E.g. 你講得岩。香港揸車唔係咁friendly。(You are right. Driving in Hong Kong isn't very friendly.)

同義詞: 友善

定義: Often added with a '屎' (faeces), this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to having enough courage or confidence.

用法: 你有gut屎嘅話就跟埋嚟博一舖。(If you have the courage, make a bet with me.)

同義詞: 膽量