香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a CV or resume that has a work history of many different jobs in a short period of time.

用法: E.g. ＨＲ：你份ＣＶ太jumpy喇！Ｄ公司睇到唔會想見你！

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

定義: A generic term for a number of equivalent Cantonese words used to avoid absolute certainty.

用法: E.g. 件貨suppose今日到。(預期-expectedly/predictably) E.g. 我suppose你係岩既。 (假設-guess) E.g. 警察係suppose要保護市民。 (應該-should)

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to hanging up the phone.

用法: E.g. 又cut我電話？咩事呀？ E.g. 呢D sales再打黎cut佢線得架喇。

參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644

定義: Used in a famous quote in the movie of Night King, this is a code-mixing term used by Hong Kong celebrity Dayo Wong (黃子華) to emphasize that nothing can beat something that is truly excellent.

用法: E.g. 乜能都唔及Excellent. (Nothing can compare to Excellent.)

同義詞: 頂級

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM1q2CIepLQ

定義: A code-mixing term used by Gen Z native Hong Kongers that refers to a person who loves food and likes to try different kinds of food. However, it is often used as a term similar to the level of a gourmet even though the person may not be a food expert.

用法: E.g. 而家啲ig foodie以為自己真係食評家。(Nowadays the foodies on IG really think they are real gourmets.)

同義詞: 美食愛好者

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2093295/page/1

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to refer to being rejected. (食檸檬)

用法: E.g. This time eat lemon la，very chaam chaam pig.

同義詞: 食檸檬

參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/8-colloquialisms-unique-to-cantonese

定義: A code-mixing term used by local and overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to testify a person's knowledge or believe that the other person can be more eloquent in expressing their ideas.

用法: E.g. 唔好意思。我唔明你講咩喎。你可以elaborate一吓嗎？(I’m sorry. But I don’t understand what you are talking about. Can you elaborate?)

同義詞: 詳細說明

定義: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the sport of walking long distances on mountains because they have gotten so used to it and see it as a hobby rather than something laborious like '行山', which literally translates to 'walk mountain'.

用法: E.g. 今個weekend去唔去hiking呀? 不如今次行遠D呀? (Do you want to go hiking this weekend? What about going on a longer trail?)

同義詞: 行山

參考: https://letsgohiking.blog/

定義: A generic term for a number of different Chinese words of equivalent meaning, sometimes used to tone down your directness and also to maximise communicative efficiency.

用法: E.g. 老師: 老師唔expect你１００分，不過盡左力就得喇。（要求） E.g. 朋友: 今日係我生日。我expect你都比下面掛。（預料） E.g. 我冇expect過今次考試會考成咁。（預期） E.g. 上司對你冇咩expectation，總之搞掂Ｄ野就得喇。（期望）

同義詞: 要求; 預料; 預期; 期望