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定義: A more sophisticated way of expressing chance (機會) in Cantonese, as the English term denotes prospect for advancement or success.
用法: E.g. 好多謝貴公司今日比呢個opportunity我地黎做個presentation.
同義詞: 機會
定義: Pronounced as '痾打', this is a more elegant term that refers to the Cantonese equivalent(落單)for placing orders. Sometimes, it is used by the police when giving instructions to the subordinates.
用法: E.g. D野仲未黎既?我落左order好耐喇喎。快D吹吓佢。E.g. 警察:This is an order! Understand?! 下屬:Yes, sir!
同義詞: 落單
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to working overtime. Sometimes, it is used as '冬OT' (winter OT), which means 'don't OT'.
用法: E.g. A:死喇,咁多野做。唔知今晚要OT到幾時呢?B:冬OT!
同義詞: 加班
參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
定義: 1. (adj) This is a code-mixing word that refers to being outdated. 2. (verb) To instruct someone to be eliminated or get out of the room.
用法: E.g. 你兒家先聽呢首歌?你真係好out呀。(adj) E.g. 你同我out!(verb)
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to ‘out of budget’, which is used by working class Hong Kongers in business meetings.
用法: 做project management只睇兩樣。第一就係有冇outside個scope,第二就係有冇out bud。
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to ‘out of syllabus’, which is used by local school students in Hong Kong.
用法: Past paper條題目out c左。
同義詞: 非考試範圍
定義: A code-mixing term that is often misused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to mean 'outfit'.
用法: E.g. BB豬,我今日個outlook係咪好靚呀?
同義詞: 外表
參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/128449/你是否-偽abc-chill-中文意思係咩-10個港人常用錯英文字
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something that has been overdone, resulting in being too strong or excessive.
用法: E.g. 人越大 就覺得林夕啲詞over咗 我極度懷疑林夕由細到大畀佢老豆打大 (The older I get, the more I feel that Albert Leung's lyrics are over the top. I extremely suspect that Albert Leung was beaten by his father from a young age.)
同義詞: 過火
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3551934/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the set of qualities and background that a person has, which may not be what people are looking for in a relationship.
用法: E.g. 康堤package非常之好 比個ex咁公開放暗箭都冇出聲好有品 (Constance Chan's package is very good and she did not even say much when her ex-boyfriend back-stabbed her so openly.)
同義詞: 個人條件
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BARuUezR1c
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to describe something that is going on simultaneously as another, such as a task or event. At other times, it can also be used to describe things happening outside of work such as love relationships.
用法: E.g. 呢兩個task幫我睇吓可唔可以同時parallel咁樣進行。(Help me see whether the two tasks can proceed at the same time.) E.g. 點解拍拖唔可以Parallel咁進行? (Why can't you date more than one person at the same time?)
同義詞: 同時間
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3070535/page/1