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定義: Derived from 'gut' (吉) meaning nothingness or tangerines, this is a romanised code-mixing slang phrase used to describe someone is messing about and wasting time, which purportedly comes from people in the past going into Hong Kong stores just to drink the bowl of soup called 'gut' soup (吉湯) without spending money on the food at all. 'wun' can mean to mix (混) or to transport (運).
用法: Auntie: Stop tasting my fruits here and there! Are you wun gut?同義詞: 運吉, 混吉參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now
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: A code-mixing term that the Hong Kong actor Dicky Cheung (張衛健) loves to use in the "Journey of the West" Cantonese TV episode, in order to display the almighty character of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.
用法: E.g. Yo！打妖精咋麻，洗乜驚呀？！參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtl4WF0RwWI&t=224s
定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing phrase that is often used among local students in Hong Kong girl schools when they cannot understand what the teacher says in a lesson.
用法: E.g. *Teacher explains what to do for the lesson*
Student A: Nei ming ng ming gong mud ye?
Student B: Ng ming.同義詞: 你明唔明講乜野?參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/124322/集體回憶-90後最有共鳴火星文-禾刀吾g-3-你有無份
定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by westernised Hong Kongers when they cannot get the f**k out the train on the MTR. Literal meaning: Please move aside.
用法: E.g. Mm goi. (唔該) *nobody moves*
Mm ho yi si. (唔好意思) *nobody moves*
Mm goi jeh jeh! (唔該借借) *people move out of the way*同義詞: 唔該借借
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