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香港中英夾雜字典

當代粵英夾雜字典


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long time no see

定義: Pronounced as 'long tie lo see', this is a code-mixing term used by grassroots class Hong Kongers for greeting someone they have not seen for a long time.

用法: E.g. 喂!Long tie lo see!

參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese

look forward

定義: Originated from business emails and often said without a ‘to’ at the end, this is a code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers would use in non-business settings when they really anticipate the happening of an event.

用法: E.g. 我好look forward今餐會食咩。(I really look forward to what I will be eating for this meal.) E.g. 我好look forward今次既足球比賽。(I really look forward to this football match.)

同義詞: 期待

參考: https://graduate.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/42024/lookforwardto點用-後面動詞需要加ing-與lookingforwardto有甚差別-用法-例句

low b

定義: A code-mixing phrase that Hong Kongers use to refer to having low intelligence or being stupid. Also used as '低B' sometimes.

用法: E.g. 唔好咁low b係到周圍大叫啦! E.g. 低B仔,你係咪仲未get要做咩呀?

同義詞: 低B

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html

low pay leave

定義: A code-mixing term used by grassroots Hong Kongers to refer to “no pay leave” or non-paid leave.

用法: E.g. 請唔到病假咪請low pay leave囉! (no pay leave)

同義詞: 無薪假期

low tech

定義: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is very unadvanced in technology.  There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野,Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition. '撈' refers to '有得撈', which means you can earn a living.

用法: E.g. 今時今日唔可以再咁low tech架喇。快D買返部智能手機啦。

參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf

m

定義: A euphemistic code-mixing term that refers to 'menstruation' in English.  However, it is also used as 'M記' to refer to McDonald\'s.

用法: E.g. 唔好話我聽兒家先黎M麻? E.g. 今次真係M到阿媽都唔認得喇!E.g. 今日又食M記?唔好喇掛!

mai daan

定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to ask the waiter to get the bill.

用法: E.g. Mai daan, mm goi! (埋單, 唔該!)

同義詞: 埋單

參考: https://homekong.com.hk/blogs/read/helpful-cantonese-phrases-to-know

make sense

定義: A convenient English phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid going into negative detail about someone who does not understand you.

用法: E.g. 朋友: 喂,你講野好唔make sense喎。你:真的嗎? E.g. 我覺得你講野make sense,不過我唔係太明。 E.g. 你講野都唔make sense,廢鬼事再聽你講。

man

定義: A noun-turned-adjective code-mixing term used to describe someone who is manly.

用法: E.g. 哇!你今日冇剃鬚好man呀! E.g. 得閒去吓gym鍛鍊吓肌肉先至夠man架嘛。

match

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe something or someone that is very similar to or combines very well with something or someone.

用法: E.g. 哇,D顏色好match呀。 E.g. 你地簡直係perfect match呀!

同義詞: 配

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