香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Derived from '一波三折', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe an unexpected event with twists and turns. Literal meaning: A wave that is split into three segments.

用法: E.g. 呢排真係好黑仔呀。簡直係one ball seventy percent off呀。(一波三折)

同義詞: 一波三折

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/58665/

定義: This is a code-mixing term that local student Hong Kongers use to address a female teacher. Sometimes, it is pronounced as 'missy'.

用法: E.g. Miss，請問呢條問題點答？

同義詞: 先生

定義: Classified as 'JM tone', this is a code-mixing style adopted by Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man to represent the upper class.  (Notice that the letter m is a voiced consonant in this word and should be emphasized for extremely proper pronunciation.)

用法: E.g. 我週末得閒既時候會同朋友去睇mmmovie。

同義詞: 電影

定義: A code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers prefer to use to accompany Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus because they can experience the happiness first with ‘merry’ compared to the Cantonese equivalent ’聖誕節快樂‘ where the happiness '快樂‘ is placed after Christmas.

用法: E.g. 聖誕節又黎喇！Merry Christmas! (Christmas is coming! Merry Christmas!)

同義詞: 聖誕節快樂, 聖誕快樂

參考: https://www.weekendhk.com/香港好去處/聖誕好去處-商場-打卡-飄雪-3275849/

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to soften the tone when requesting for something, especially when the speaker does not want to be rejected.

用法: E.g. 你：ｍｉｎｄ唔ｍｉｎｄ我跟返呢個客? 同事：唔ｍｉｎｄ。 （你：介唔介意我跟返呢個客? 同事：介意。） E.g. 你：ｍｉｎｄ唔ｍｉｎｄ我坐喺到? 陌生人：唔ｍｉｎｄ。（你：介唔介意我坐喺到? 陌生人：介意。） E.g. 你：ｍｉｎｄ唔ｍｉｎｄ等我一陣? 老細：唔ｍｉｎｄ。 （你：介唔介意等我一陣? 老細：介意。）

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: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person's mental state that is immediate for action without necessarily having done any preparation. When used in negation form 'not ready', it may mean that preparation is already done but the person is still not ready.

用法: E.g. 如果一個女仔話鍾意你，但係未ready一齊，要我等，係咩意思 (If a girl says she likes you, but isn't ready to be together with you and asks you to wait, what does that mean?)

同義詞: 準備好

參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/3629688/page/1

定義: A romanised code-mixing term that is used to describe something, a person, or state as being so-so, or just okay in quality.

用法: E.g. A: How was the event? B: Ma ma dei la. E.g. A: How are you today? B: Ma ma dei la. E.g. A: What do you think of this shirt? B: I think it's ma ma dei.

同義詞: 麻麻地

參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-guide-hong-kong-descriptive-slang-phrases

定義: To get a refund for something due to dissatisfaction.

用法: The service was so bad, that's why I wanted to wui shui.

同義詞: 回水

定義: A euphemistic way of refering to the end of something, as saying something is at a final stage is considered bad luck in Cantonese sometimes.

用法: E.g. 唔知佢end up會做D咩呢? E.g. 上次個project end up成點呀? E.g. 佢上個暑假end up左去台灣。