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定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers often use to refer to changing something in order to improve or make it new again, such as a website.
用法: E.g. 個website做revamp要幾耐?
同義詞: 翻新
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who only knows how to eat rice and nothing else. ie. A useless person.
用法: E.g. He is so useless like a rice bucket!
同義詞: 飯桶
定義: A code-mixing phrase that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to emphasize that something is not a complex problem.
用法: E.g. 呢個問題唔係rocket science。再一齊諗諗佢就解決得到。
參考: https://www.mi-learning.com/itsnotrocketscience-meaning/
定義: A better sounding code-mixing term that is used in place of '室友'.
用法: E.g. 朋友:你有幾多個室友? 你:你係話失友還是roommate?
參考: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch
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: An ultra rhotic expression that is added onto the ending of Cantonese characters, which is adopted by Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man to create an ABC accent. Also known as 'JM tone'.
用法: E.g. 呢一區我淨係試過兩rrrrrrn間餐廳。E.g. 有時候我都幾想rrrrrn去吓旅行。
參考: https://medium.com/@atsunakai/jm-tone-%E5%8D%B3%E4%BF%82-94e3532186e1
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe a person who is perverted. (鹹濕)
用法: E.g. Don't be so salty wet watch girls all the time la.
同義詞: 鹹濕
參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/8-colloquialisms-unique-to-cantonese
定義: Originated from ‘sayonara’, this is a code-mixing term used by grassroots Hong Kongers who like to show off their limited Japanese language knowledge when they play with kids who are into Japanese anime.
用法: E.g. 下次再同你玩過。Sayunana!
同義詞: sayonara, 拜拜
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3743607/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to the Cantonese equivalent '掃描'.
用法: E.g. 可以scan份document比我嗎? E.g. 喂,個scanner壞左呀。幾時搵人黎整呀?
同義詞: 掃描
參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese
定義: Originated from the classic riddle '童子軍跳彈床' meaning scout trampoline, this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to express the meaning of 'I don't f***ing care' in informal situations.
用法: E.g. A: What do you want to eat for lunch? B: Scout dan la.
同義詞: 是鳩但
參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/童子軍跳彈床——是鳩但