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定義: An Englishised code-mixing term made popular by the phrase '一齊企硬唔Take嘢' (Stand firm together and don't take drugs), which was a slogan used by an anti-drug campaign launched by the Security Bureau in Hong Kong and is now imitated by many companies to sell their own products.
用法: E.g. 一齊企硬eat車仔麵。(Stand firm together and eat cart noodles.)
同義詞: 企硬
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWFz2k6GXcF/ (使用手機版本)
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers when they want to tell somebody to be ready to do something anytime without making them feel ordered to do the task.
用法: E.g. 聽日放工記住隨時standby,有可能有客搵你。(Remember to standby tomorrow after work, as there may be customers who need you.)
同義詞: 待命;候命
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3476706/page/1
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to starting a fight.
用法: E.g. This is a school! Don't start a film here!
同義詞: 開片
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers love to use to refer to going on a vacation near one's home.
用法: E.g. 年尾要清假,但封左關又唔去得旅行,唯有去酒店staycation啦。
同義詞: 宅度假
參考: https://hkdic.my-helper.com/Staycation/
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to refer to getting fired from a job. (炒魷魚 - caau2 jau4 jyu2)
用法: E.g. I messed up at work today and I got stir-fried squid!!!
同義詞: 炒魷魚
參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-老細炒咗我魷-stir-fried-me-squid/
定義: A salutation often used by real ABC Hong Kongers to ask how somebody is doing. However, it is often overused by Fake ABC's to strike a western impression on others. (Also used as "what's up")
用法: E.g. 喂,sup man? E.g. 偽ABC:Sup man, sup, sup, sup...人們:得喇。唔好成日唔係又sup又喺到sup啦。好煩呀。
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 real ABC's like to use to show that they are always glad to do a favour for someone.
用法: E.g. Sure!No problem!拜托喺我身上啦。 E.g. Sure!我同你去Starbucks買杯咖啡啦。 E.g. Sure!我幫你比住錢先啦。
定義: A code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use in place of the Cantonese equivalent '交換'.
用法: E.g. A:我地swap一個球員好唔好?B:好呀,我同你swap啦。
同義詞: 交換