香港中英夾雜字典

定義: (vulgar) A code-mixing phrase used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe something that is very annoying and frustrating to the point where it causes constant trouble or inconvenience, even though it has nothing to do with someone's butt.

用法: E.g. 之後見到Front desk同事，話果間房客係”pain in the arse”, 佢不停投訴，個個都想佢快L d check out,但佢不停extend (Then I saw my front desk colleague, saying that the guest was ”pain in the arse”. He kept complaining, and everyone wanted him to check out quickly, but he kept extending his stay at the room.)

同義詞: 令人討厭或痛苦的

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BBRT_1BUrh/

定義: (verb) Originated from the 'ding' sound that a microwave makes when it finishes heating food, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to reheating food with a microwave.

用法: E.g. He dings his lunch every day. (present tense) E.g. He is dinging his lunch. (present continuous tense) E.g. He dang his lunch yesterday. (past tense) E.g. He has just dung his lunch. (present perfect tense)

同義詞: 叮

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_njiXSdc7/

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong doctors to refer to acting professionally when dealing with the family of a child diagnosed with cancer.

用法: E.g. 醫生：之前有一個兒童癌症個案係醫到, 但家人唔想醫, 我唔想judgemental , 但覺得可惜 (Doctor: There was a case of cancer in a child that could be treated, but the family didn't want to continue treatment. I didn't want to be judgmental, but I felt it was a pity.)

同義詞: 批判性

參考: https://ccf.org.hk/zh-hant/services/services_faq/?id=5)的專業團隊、醫院遊戲師，會介入向家長及病童解說療程，用柔性方式減輕恐懼

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong court judges to refer to demonstrating and establishing the truth or validity of something by providing evidence and argument, which is especially strong to use in a court of law.

用法: E.g. 官：呢個，如果因為part of the prosecution case 嘅話，你一定要prove 嘅。(Judge: If this is part of the prosecution case, you must prove it.)

同義詞: 證明

參考: https://hkupress.hku.hk/image/catalog/pdf-preview/9789888528202.pdf

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by overseas educated Hong Kongers who suspect that Hong Kongers should think equally more about playing hard than just working hard in order to achieve work life balance.

用法: E.g. 林作：個個都講work hard play hard，work life balance。其實work hard我都懷疑好多香港人都已經做到，但係play hard係咪真係做到？ (Jo Lam: Everyone talks about work hard play hard and work life balance. In fact, I suspect many Hong Kong people can already 'work hard', but what about 'play hard'?)

同義詞: 努力工作，盡情玩樂

參考: https://www.threads.com/@jolamchok/post/DZ7vZQvEu-N?xmt=AQG0CXq4cs_lvE9lalZblnSIMOpYE8FFkxn2iPI5ppvBkQgGVDW4mGrHcOZJpC5yTFDRogoV&slof=1

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers when they admire or recognise the value of someone or something and want to show gratitude at the same time.

用法: E.g. 好appreciate你咁短時間去練廣東話，真係好彩你聲底好靚，同埋你音樂感好好，即使廣東話唔係你最擅長嘅。(I really appreciate that you learned Cantonese in such a short period of time. It's very fortunate that you have a great voice and a very good music sense, even though Cantonese is not your strength.)

同義詞: 欣賞；感激；多謝

參考: https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/showbiz/latest/20260122/1769072872519/《中4》藝人代表「貓女郎」引發腹式呼吸之爭-肥媽被取笑鬧爆周國豐

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to not being strict enough when managing people. Also, it often tends to depict a weakness in character by describing a person is not forceful or harsh enough.

用法: E.g. 同事話我太soft管唔到學生，我聽完好灰。(My colleague said I am too soft and cannot manage students like this. I felt very grey afterwards.)

同義詞: 不嚴厲

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU-fcZMgjI7/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to being able to gain experience of something by being in a particular environment rather than having physical contact with something. However, it is not to be confused with public exposure.

用法: E.g. 學習語言要夠exposure。(Learning a language needs enough exposure.) E.g. 做開大行去細行一定唔慣，exposure 又細啲，資源又小啲。(It must be hard getting used to working in a small company if you came from a large company. There is less exposure and resources are also less.)

同義詞: 接觸

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2363704/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to ask for a deeper analytical understanding of something.

用法: E.g. 你睇完本書有咩insight? (What insights do you have after reading the book?)

同義詞: 見解; 睇法

參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/202301935/202301935_1.pdf

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to noticing something in a more passive and less intentional way.

用法: E.g. 我唔係唔知道發生咩事，只不過當時我唔係咁aware周邊既環境姐。(It's not that I don't know what was going on, but I was just not aware of my surrounding environment at that time.)

同義詞: 意識；知道；察覺；為意

參考: https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1chahae/difference_between_realize_and_be_aware_of/?tl=zh-hant