香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to ‘mechanical engineering’.

用法: E.g. 小時讀mechan 第時揸貨van (If we choose to study mechanical engineering when we were young, we will end up driving a cargo van.) E.g. 到底我做左幾多錯事 讀完mechan 出黎做IT9 (What on earth did I do wrong? I finished studying mechanical engineering and became an IT dog.)

同義詞: 機械工程

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BAZQJOQ7dx/

定義: A code-mixing term that is more appropriate to use than the equivalent term (培訓）in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 你新黎既話，公司係會有training比你。 E.g. A：我今晚要培訓呀。B：吓？你陪邊個呀？！(陪訓）

參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk

定義: A code-mixing term used to refer to holding something physically (揸), but with the meaning of waiting for the return of something as well.

用法: E.g. Hold住個電話先。 E.g. 個project兒家hold住左，因為要同個客傾返好先。

同義詞: 揸

參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong celebrity tutors to refer to a collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal.

用法: E.g. 狀元培育向來都是team work. （Nurturing top scorers has always been team work.)

同義詞: 團體合作

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRGmhTQjT1N/?igsh=NWtoNHZ6OGRyOW8x (使用手機版本)

定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing phrase used by local student Hong Kongers to tell somebody to shut the f*** up.

用法: E.g. Stop blowing water! Sau pei la! (Quit bragging! Shut up!)

同義詞: 收皮

參考: https://thehoneycombers.com/hong-kong/hong-kong-slang-urban-dictionary/

定義: Purportedly to have originated from the name of a disposable diaper, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Konger use as a euphemistic way to refer to a person's buttocks, which is very appropriate to say when talking to toddlers.

用法: E.g. 唔好曳啊，曳就打PAT-PAT (Don't be naughty, or else I will hit your buttocks)

同義詞: 屁股

參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/PAT-PAT

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to '教授'.

用法: E.g. 有咩唔識快D問Professor啦！ E.g. Professor到未架，咁耐既？

參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

定義: Known as Kongish and derived from '長氣', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a friend who is always so verbose and says the same thing over and over again, like a grandma.

用法: E.g. 喂，我頂你！唔好咁long gas得唔得呀？！(長氣)

同義詞: 長氣

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/2630/

定義: A term used by native Hong Kongers to divert one topic to another in a polite manner.

用法: E.g. 係呀，個proposal已經搞掂了。Anyway, 我兒家要去開meeting。 E.g. 份proposal仲未搞掂？Anyways, 我兒家要食lunch喇。

同義詞: 點都好; 無論如何

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: A highly versatile code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to repair, solve, adjust, improve or make something work again, especially in the IT sector.

用法: E.g. fix個bug幾日都仲未揾到個問題 (I've been fixing the bug for several days and still haven't found what the problem is.)

同義詞: 整; 修理; 解決

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3516188/page/32