香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term by native Hong Kongers to avoid saying the word 'like' in order to sound more professional in formal situations, or to avoid sounding biased when you like one item more than another.

用法: E.g. 你prefer今星期邊一日interview呀？ E.g. 你prefer幾點睇戲呀？ E.g. 我prefer佢個idea多D。

同義詞: 比較喜歡

定義: An irreplaceable code-mixing term meaning to deliver a speech, as saying the Cantonese equivalent term '匯報' would sound too old school and non-colloquial.

用法: E.g. 你幾時要present呀？ E.g. 今次份assignment難唔難present呀？

參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers

定義: Often pronounced without the 'r' sounds and with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is an a lot more linguistically efficient way of referring to printer (打印機）in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 內地人:個打印機喺邊呀？ 香港人：咩話？三個字咁累贅。叫返ｐｒｉｎｔｅｒ啦唔該。

同義詞: 打印機

參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to '教授'.

用法: E.g. 有咩唔識快D問Professor啦！ E.g. Professor到未架，咁耐既？

參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

定義: A generic code-mixing term that can used for a number of different items in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 你公司近排搞緊D咩project呀？（項目） E.g. 今次呢個project搞成點呀？（研究） E.g. 你諗住下次搞d咩project呀？（計劃） E.g. 小心D呀，唔見寫住project in progress咩？（工程）

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 is often used in the workplace environment of Hong Kong to refer to a proposal document.

用法: E.g. 老細叫你打嗰份proposal打完未呀？E.g. 今次份proposal太短喇，又唔夠detail。再打過啦。

同義詞: 計劃書

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to the subject 'psychology'.

用法: E.g. 讀psycho難唔難呀？聽講今年有好多人肥左。

參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

定義: Often pronounced as ‘ah-lo’, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to the letter ‘r’. Even though some Hong Kongers are aware of the prestigious ‘r’ that is pronounced rhotically, most of them choose not to say it in social situations because it sounds too pretentious like a fake American born Chinese.

用法: E.g. 去日本旅行要搭JR。(Going on vacation in Japan needs taking the J Ah-lo.) E.g. 請問MTR喺邊到? (May I ask where is the M-tee-ah-lo?)

同義詞: Ah-lo

定義: A code-mixing term that is often overused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to strike a western impression, as they believe knowing the 'r' sound will make them superior.

用法: E.g. Rrreally？可唔可以再講多次呀？ E.g. 唔係嘛？Rrrreally？你話你D英文標準過我？

同義詞: 真的嗎; 真係

參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/港式英文講過舉手-偽abc-語錄-2124292580433974.html

定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to a small wireless unit that is plugged into a computer’s USB port for receiving signals for a keyboard or mouse.

用法: E.g. 有冇見過我個receiver? 我好似唔見左。

同義詞: 接收器