香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A shortened code-mixing term for 'professional'. (adjective)

用法: E.g. 哇，你打tennis好pro呀。可以叫你一聲大佬嗎？ E.g. 耳機都買到咁靚？洗唔洗咁pro呀？

同義詞: 專業

定義: Used as '立flag', this is a code-mixing term used by local student Hong Kongers to refer to being very vocal about what you want to do, but end up doing something that is completely opposite.

用法: E.g. 佢又立flag話以後會減肥，點知佢就走左食buffet。

同義詞: 立flag

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now

定義: A code-mixing word that working class Hong Kongers love to use instead of the Cantonese equivalent '資料庫' in the IT sector. Also see 'db'.

用法: E.g. Con唔connect得到個database呀? E.g. 內地人：你能夠連接得到個資料庫嗎？ 香港人：你指個database?

同義詞: 資料庫

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a trendier way to refer to artificial intelligence because it sounds more powerful like an entity that is capable of operating on its own rather than something that is just man-made as the Cantonese term denotes.

用法: 上司：萬一發現AI可以取代你，高層要郁你我都保你唔住呀。你見我隻字不提你就好醒水啦，AI咁勁，分分鐘郁埋我㗎死仔 (Boss: In case people find out that AI can replace you, I can't protect you if the senior executives have to fire you. You see I am not mentioning anything to them so you better be smart. Since AI is so powerful, it might even fire me in a minute, you brat.)

同義詞: 人工智能

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3874628/page/1

定義: A code-mixing filler term used by westernised Hong Kongers when they don't really find the other person's topic is all that interesting in a conversation.

用法: E.g. A: 我平時鍾意寫app，去語言交流免費教人廣東話。B: 哦，interesting, interesting... (A: I like writing apps and going to language exchange to volunteer teaching people Cantonese regularly. B: Oh, interesting, interesting...) E.g. 我見外國人成日都用interesting 黎答人，仲要面無表情，會唔會係根本interesting 係外國一直都只係解： 哦⋯⋯. (I often see foreigners use 'interesting' as a response in a conversation, but without facial expression. Could it be that 'interesting' merely means like 'oh....' from a foreigner's perspective?)

同義詞: 很有趣, 哦

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1047783/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to understanding the gist of something.  Sometimes, it is also used to refer to understanding the small parts of something, in order to understand the whole thing.

用法: E.g. 佢好像唔係咁get我們講D咩。 E.g. 你要get到最基本既concept先，之後你就會明哂所有野。

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: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person who is easily deceived or fooled.

用法: E.g. Some people say Hong Kong is an international water fish city! (國際水魚都市)

同義詞: 水魚

定義: A code-mixing term used by the upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the Italian luxury brand. However, the grassroots Hong Kongers pronounce it as '飛甩雞毛', which means the chicken dropping its feathers.

用法: E.g. Ａ：你著緊咩牌子？飛甩雞毛？Ｂ：係Ferragamo呀。

同義詞: 飛甩雞毛

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to the quality of being rough or even unkind, in addition to being strict in following rules or standards.

用法: E.g. 個professor好charm啊，但係有少少harsh... (The professor is very charming, but is a little harsh.)

同義詞: 嚴格; 嚴厲

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/86453/page/4

定義: Originated from 'my pleasure', this is a code-mixing term used by grassroots Hong Kongers to express their enjoyment in helping someone when they have used 'You are welcome' too often. Also, saying the Cantonese equivalent '我的榮幸' may just sound too formal and exaggerated for a small favour done for someone.

用法: E.g. A: Thank you哂你呀！B: My preeessure.

同義詞: 我的榮幸, my pleasure

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3178884/page/39