香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Usually placed at the start of a clause or sentence, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to replace the phrase '無論如何', meaning 'no matter what' in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 我知你好忙，但anyhow，你一定要幫我。

同義詞: 點都好

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to a programmer or developer especially if they are one themselves because it makes them sound like a profession.

用法: E.g. A: 你做咩IT行業? 寫program嗰D? B: 唔係。我係engineer。(What kind of IT industry are you from? Are you a programmer? B: No, I am an engineer.)

同義詞: 工程師

參考: https://tecky.io/zh_Hant/blog/Programmer-分多少種-2022-23/

定義: Often pronounced as ‘cummun’, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they want to express how common something is without making it sound unpopular or nothing special.

用法: E.g. 做呢個行業好common架咋。(This occupation is so common!)

同義詞: 普遍, 普通

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/C04Br91vuJT/ (使用手機版本)

定義: Originated from Mandarin meaning 'I love you', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to '唔要你' in Cantonese, which means "Don't want you" in English.

用法: E.g. A: 今日係520喔！點解您孤伶伶一個人呢？B: 哈哈哈哈哈，你個問題咁得意架咩？(A: Today is May 20th! Why are you so lonely? B: Hahahaha, why is your question so interesting?)

同義詞: 唔要你

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1pTDlz4Vns

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to describe a job that must be done in a company office.

用法: E.g. 份合約講明份工要onsite做，冇得work from home。

同義詞: 現場，在工地

定義: Originated from a Steven Chow movie, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe a brief period of time where one wants to unleash his potential. (瞬間)

用法: E.g. 我醬爆感覺到，喺呢個moment，要爆喇

同義詞: 瞬間

參考: https://www.hk01.com/電影/46299/愛-回帶-少林足球-醬爆-變漲爆-何文輝愈撈愈掂

定義: A code-mixing word that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to '資料庫' in the IT sector. Also see 'database'.

用法: E.g. 連得到個db未? 定係connect唔到呢?

同義詞: 資料庫

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to keeping a company going without necessarily managing it. Sometimes, it can extend to running a family and keeping it alive.

用法: E.g. 噢喔～原來Run一頭家 同Run一間公司差唔多。我們是彼此最重要的合作夥伴 (Oh... In fact, running a household is pretty much the same as running a company. We are each other's most important partners.)

同義詞: 經營; 運行

參考: https://www.threads.com/@miffylulu0423/post/DYutyJzFkii/噢喔原來run一頭家-同run一間公司差唔多我們是彼此最重要的合作夥伴我們不談犧牲-只談合作分工我們不爭錯對-旨在共同解決問題我們不互相消耗-意在互相滋養我們不/

定義: With a literal meaning of 'hot air', this is a romanised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to having overheat from eating too much spicy or fried foods, leading to pimples and freckles growing on your face or even buttocks. Also, yeet hay seems to only exist in Chinese medicine but not western medicine according to native Hong Kongers.

用法: E.g. A: Do you want to eat barbeque? B: No thanks, I am very yeet hay recently.

同義詞: 熱氣

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/C7PVDJZpVgq/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a job benefit that often comes with some downsides or sacrifices in order to maintain a good balance between work and leisure, such as a lower salary.

用法: E.g. 網民A：講得出Work-life balance 嘅工多數都唔係Work-life balance (Netizen A: Jobs that say they have a work-life balance usually don't have work-life balance.) E.g. 網民H：人工低咪Work-life balance，但户口唔balance (Netizen H: If you have low salary, it means you have work-life balance, but your bank account will not have a balance.)

同義詞: 工作與生活的平衡

參考: https://resources.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/35732/職場熱話-香港公司5日工作天就標榜自己係work-life-balance-事主-成日放工仲要覆message