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定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of the Cantonese equivalent '心情'.
用法: E.g. 今日出面咁多人咁迫,真係冇咩mood行街。
同義詞: 心情
參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
定義: Classified as 'JM tone', this is a code-mixing style adopted by Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man to represent the upper class. (Notice that the letter m is a voiced consonant in this word and should be emphasized for extremely proper pronunciation.)
用法: E.g. 我週末得閒既時候會同朋友去睇mmmovie。
同義詞: 電影
定義: A more linguistically efficient code-mixing term that refers to 'my favourite' in English. Originated from Hong Kong actor Ron Ng (吳卓羲).
用法: E.g. 呢到既牛腩河係至正架!簡直係my favit!E.g. 吳卓羲:「Tailin, 賣飛佛(泰林,我的最愛)」
同義詞: 賣飛佛; 我的最愛
參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/賣飛佛
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to someone who was born or grew up in a particular country, which Hong Kongers find it a lot more convenient to use than the Cantonese equivalent words because it requires much less linguistic effort.
用法: E.g. 你係唔係native speaker黎架?(講本國語既人) E.g. 你D英文係咪native架?(純正本土口音)
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a neutral and factual way of referring to interview feedback of disapproval.
用法: E.g. 今次interview既feedback都冇D咩negative野。(The interview feedback this time did not have anything negative.)
同義詞: 負面
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1058101/page/1
定義: 1. (noun) A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to internet access. 2. (verb) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use to refer to social networking.
用法: E.g. 今日公司network有D問題,成日search野都好慢,仲間唔中會斷。 E.g. 最近有冇出去同人network?
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to tell someone not to worry about something anymore, even though it may not sound polite to English speakers.
用法: E.g. Never mind啦。我地下次再約。 E.g. Never mind啦。我自己搞得掂。
定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by Hong Kong expats when they want to order something in a restaurant but don't know how to read a menu.
用法: E.g. Mm goi waiter! Ni gor please!
同義詞: 呢個, this
定義: A way to express how nice someone is on the surface.
用法: E.g. 佢個人好nice,但係識耐左先知道原來係虛偽。E.g. 佢個人好nice,不過唔知個人好唔好呢?
同義詞: 友善
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who sleeps very late and doesn't wake up early. Similar to 'night owl' in English. (夜貓/夜鬼)
用法: E.g. Maintain good health by sleeping early! Don't be a night cat / night ghost!
同義詞: 夜貓/夜鬼
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/55996/