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定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to ask a shopkeeper how much something costs, which is extremely effective when bargaining for a lower price at wet markets. It can also be shortened to 'gay cheen' (幾錢).
用法: E.g. Gay dor cheen? (幾多錢?)
E.g. Gay cheen? (幾錢?)同義詞: 幾多錢?參考: https://homekong.com.hk/blogs/read/helpful-cantonese-phrases-to-know
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers love to use to refer to going on a vacation near one's home.
用法: E.g. 年尾要清假，但封左關又唔去得旅行，唯有去酒店staycation啦。同義詞: 宅度假參考: https://hkdic.my-helper.com/Staycation/
定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term that refers to 'together' in English.
用法: E.g. Nei zi chin mai wah seung do new pt, my frd arm arm told me kui find gun ppl, go tgt oj ng oj? (你之前咪話想做新Part Time，我朋友同我講佢搵緊人，一齊去好唔好？)同義詞: together參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/283411/大學生打字用火星文-10句港式英文拼音大挑戰-測試你識幾多
定義: A code-mixing term often used by working class Hong Kongers to indicate the purpose of a product, in order to pitch and sell it to a customer.
用法: E.g. 呢個app係for你地客戶用架，令到你地方便好多。
E.g. 呢樣產品係for女士用架，尤其係貪靚嗰D。參考: https://cantowords.com/dictionary/for#w100337
定義: (idiom) Derived from '雞同鴨講', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe two people who are unable to understand each other due to a difference of language or values. In other words, the conversation just seems to go round and round with each person talking over each other.
用法: E.g. I think we will never understand each other because we work in different departments. What a chicken and duck talk!同義詞: 雞同鴨講參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-word-of-the-month-雞同鴨講-chicken-duck-talk/
