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定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong actress and singer JW as a less direct way to describe someone with a bad personality.
用法: E.g. I am not saying he is a bad person, 佢都係好人嚟㗎，男人我明白會有犯呢啲錯啦，但係當我係個受害者嘅時候，我就make咗呢個decision... (I am not saying he is a bad person, he is a good person after all, I understand men make these kind of mistakes, but since I was a victim, I made this decision...)
同義詞: 我唔係想講佢係一個壞/品質差既人
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used to describe something that is very good or awesome.
用法: E.g. The food is so jeng! (正) E.g. The movie was ho jeng ah! (好正呀)
同義詞: 正
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong doctors to refer to acting professionally when dealing with the family of a child diagnosed with cancer.
用法: E.g. 醫生：之前有一個兒童癌症個案係醫到, 但家人唔想醫, 我唔想judgemental , 但覺得可惜 (Doctor: There was a case of cancer in a child that could be treated, but the family didn't want to continue treatment. I didn't want to be judgmental, but I felt it was a pity.)
同義詞: 批判性
參考: https://ccf.org.hk/zh-hant/services/services_faq/?id=5)的專業團隊、醫院遊戲師，會介入向家長及病童解說療程，用柔性方式減輕恐懼
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a meal set offered by a karaoke lounge bar or club.
用法: E.g. 今日去唔去食K lunch呀？一百蚊又可以唱又食，好鬼死抵。(Do you want to have K lunch today? Can sing and eat at the price of just $100, so frigging cheap.)
同義詞: 卡啦OK午餐
參考: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/activity/detail/20009510/唱k推介2024丨全港16大卡啦ok好去處-最平-36起-日文k都有-附地址-收費詳情
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 that native Hong Kongers use to refer to the places Kwun Tong or Kai Tak interchangebly.
用法: E.g.「約咗男朋友出街，地點係啟德，佢話係6:30 kt等，我6:30到咗，問佢係邊，佢話就到觀塘，我：???唔係6:30啟德等咩？佢話kt係觀塘。」(I arranged to go out with my boyfriend, the place is Kai Tak. He said wait at KT at 6:30, so I arrived at 6:30. Then I asked where he was, he said he was arriving at Kwun Tong. I said, 'What? I thought it was 6:30 at Kai Tak.' He said KT is Kwun Tong.)
同義詞: 觀塘, 啟德
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVsSQu4CEvp/?igsh=ejZ5bzB5NGhjbHpx (使用手機版本)
定義: A code-mixing term that waiters love to use to refer to the last order that customers can make in a restaurant before it closes. (最後訂單)
用法: E.g. 今次last order，有D咩想落就好落喇。 E.g. Waiter: 今次最後訂單。 Customer: 吓？咩訂單話？
參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/
定義: A romanised code-mixing term that Hong Kong expats use to describe a female who is pretty, or a male who is handsome, or an object that is good-looking.
用法: E.g. You look very leng today! (你今日好靚呀！) E.g. Wa! This dress ho leng ah! (哇！呢條裙好靚呀！) E.g. You are so leng jai! (你好靚仔呀！)
同義詞: 靚
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,91
定義: Derived from the internet slang 'laugh out loud'. this is a cliche code-mixing term that has grown out of the textspeak medium into human speech. As opposed to 'lol' being such an overused term on the internet where the meaning is often not that literal, the term is used by westernised Hong Kongers to really mean laugh out loud.
用法: E.g. 睇完套戲真係lol左。(I really laughed out loud after watching the movie!)
同義詞: 大聲笑, 撈
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the famous French luxury brand ‘Louis Vuitton’. However, the grassroots class Hong Kongers may pronounce it as ‘eh-lo-wee’.
用法: Ａ：你最想買邊隻手袋呀？Ｂ：唔洗問緊係ＬＶ啦。(A: Which handbag do you want to buy? B: No need to ask. Must be LV.)
同義詞: Louis Vuitton
參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/3065984/page/1