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定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase used by foreigners to bargain in a wet market, in order to get a bigger deal or low price. A 'la' is also usually added at the end for emphasis.
用法: E.g. This is fifty dollars? Peng di la!
同義詞: 平D
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to getting out of the singles' pool so that you are finally dating someone!
用法: E.g. 我平時咁宅，估唔到有一日會出pool。
定義: An irreplaceable code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the kind of love relationship that one can get while being a teenager or kid.
用法: E.g. 咁細個就談戀愛？Puppy love呀？ E.g. 唔好成日掛住puppy love啦。讀好D書先啦。
參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644
定義: Pronounced as 'call-lee' with a rising tone on the second syllable, this code-mixing term is used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the English word 'qualification'. Often used together with the word 'show' to mean 'show off'.
用法: E.g. 你冇qualie就唔好係到扮哂野啦。 E.g. 你唔好係到掛住show qualie啦，兄弟。 E.g. 睇唔出你咁有qualie喎。
定義: An ultra professional code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers especially senior managers to refer to a suitable candidate that can take over an employee's job so they don't have to sound like they are getting just anyone to take over a job for the sake of cutting costs.
用法: E.g. 之前公司有條友非高層secondment。每個月畀agent 160k 新老細嚟咗即刻炒佢。Replacement 可能一半價錢到 (I had a colleague in my past company who was not a senior level secondment position but paid the agency 160k per month. Then a new boss came and fired him immediately. The replacement could have been half the cost.)
同義詞: 搵人接替
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2955436/page/2
定義: To get a refund for something due to dissatisfaction.
用法: The service was so bad, that's why I wanted to wui shui.
同義詞: 回水
定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to an equipment that helps connect computer networks together.
用法: E.g. 個router係咪壞左？點解冇network既？
同義詞: 路由器
參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: Often used together with ‘開心’ meaning happy, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to experiencing something with others, which means the sharing must very likely be happy or joyful unless it is omitted or stated otherwise.
用法: E.g. 喂，我同你哋開心Share，呢個笑話太好笑啦 (Hey, I'm happy to share with you all. This joke is too funny!)
同義詞: 分享
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ_3EOyTfSy/ (使用手機版本)
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to using or experiencing something together with others without the meaning of splitting apart, while not guaranteeing enjoyment and happiness.
用法: E.g. 最鍾意share 野！ 一餐可以食晒唔同款，正！(I love to share things! Can eat all sorts of food in a meal! Awesome!)
同義詞: 分享; 共用
參考: https://www.threads.com/@louisling8/post/DHi7b96TcQP/最鍾意share-野-一餐可以食晒唔同款正
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to refer to getting fired from a job. (炒魷魚 - caau2 jau4 jyu2)
用法: E.g. I messed up at work today and I got stir-fried squid!!!
同義詞: 炒魷魚
參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-老細炒咗我魷-stir-fried-me-squid/