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定義: A shortened term for the word 'socialise' in English, which may mean different things in various situations.
用法: E.g. 喂，你so吓人好喎？(to show that you care about others)
E.g. 喂，唔好成日掛住soＤ女仔啦。(to court somebody)
E.g. 喂，後生仔要出黎soso吓先得架嘛。(to socialise)
E.g. 喂，你最近好似唔係好so-so喎。(being social)
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kong businessmen to refer to something that they give a damn about, as the equivalent terms '理', '在乎' or '關心' in Cantonese sound too romantic or loving in a professional setting.
用法: E.g. 我唔care你要OT到幾多點，總之要幫我搞掂。
E.g. 其實我都好care我既員工既福利。
E.g. 艾東care! (I don't care!)
定義: A code-mixing term used by Gen Z native Hong Kongers that refers to a person who loves food and likes to try different kinds of food. However, it is often used as a term similar to the level of a gourmet even though the person may not be a food expert.
用法: E.g. 而家啲ig foodie以為自己真係食評家。(Nowadays the foodies on IG really think they are real gourmets.)同義詞: 美食愛好者參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2093295/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use as a broader term to refer to a whole load of stuff related to managing money, assets, investments, borrowing and more. Sometimes, it is also used as another term for money, especially when the word money just sounds sensitive to a person.
用法: E.g. A: 你做咩行業? B: Finance. A: 咁係做銀行, 財務管理, 投資定係咩? (A: What industry do you work in? B: Finance. A: So do you work in bank, asset management, investment or what?
E.g. 今餐有D貴。你有冇finance? (This meal is quite expensive. Do you have finance?)同義詞: 金融，財務，財政，資金 參考: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/金融学
定義: A classic Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to picking up, chatting up and courting someone, especially girls. Even though this is considered a more serious term than 'flirting', it is still very often used to describe someone who is just chatting up the opposite sex but not necessarily looking for romance, especially for the long term.
用法: E.g. Tonight go ng go kau lui? (Want to pick up girls tonight?)同義詞: 溝參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,39072
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they want to send somebody away formally and politely, even though at times they may not be taking the other person seriously.
用法: E.g. *打斷* 我地傾左咁耐，不如就喺到dismiss啦? (*interrupt* We have been talking for so long. What about dismiss here?)同義詞: 解散參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2842244/page/13
定義: A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers in place of the expletive f-word in English when one is angry and wants to curse. However, the usage of this term may actually only refer to scolding someone and nothing to do with cursing or having sexual intercourse at all. Sometimes, ‘ed’ or ‘ing’ is added to the verb to indicate tense in case the listener finds it ungrammatical.
用法: E.g. Diu! I lost the game again!
E.g. My teacher diu'ed me for talking in class today.
E.g. Stop diuing me! It wasn’t my fault. Are you crazy?!同義詞: 屌 參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DU5Y2vjEzbU/?img_index=2&igsh=MWlxaDBhbHJlYTR6aA== (使用手機版本)
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