香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers when they want to show how pleased they are towards someone’s achievements, but want to sound less show-off or exaggerated about their feeling.

用法: E.g. 你考試咁高分，我好proud of你呀。(You scored so high in the exam. I am so proud of you.)

同義詞: 驕傲，自豪

參考: https://www.threads.com/@grace_interest_english/post/DDthgzMyHsU

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who has an interest in the same gender without making it sound so clear and explicit in case someone is eavesdropping. At other times, it can be used to describe something as awkward such as a plot in a story or film.

用法: E.g. A: 我想問你一個問題：你係咪gay架? B: 唔好喇掛，我唔想搞gay。 (A: I want to ask you a question: Are you gay? B: No thanks, I don't want to be gay.) E.g. A: 今次套電影好睇嗎？B: 我覺得啲劇情好gay囉。(A: Do you like the movie this time? B: I think the story is really gay.)

同義詞: 同性戀, 搞gay

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/1088/

定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase used by local Hong Kong students to refer to having no time for activities such as dinner or party, which doesn't necessarily mean they have no more time left in their lives such as due to a terminal illness.

用法: E.g. A: Do you want to join the party tonight? B: I have no time.

同義詞: 我冇時間

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj7SHv4Jhw4

定義: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to a simulated military battle game where air guns are used. It is more appropriate to use than the Cantonese equivalent ‘野戰‘ because fighting a wild battle has sexual connotations in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 男：不如一齊打war game好嗎？ 女：好呀 (Boy: What about playing war game together? Girl: Sure!) E.g. 男：不如一齊打野戰好嗎？女：*啪！* (Boy: What about fighting a wild battle together? Girl: *Slap!*

同義詞: 野戰

參考: https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/cbrc/cbcl/doc/ppt/david_li.pdf

定義: A more informal and linguistically efficient way of saying the Cantonese equivalent term '上傳'. Often pronounced as 'po' instead of 'post'.

用法: E.g. 喂，你今次po張相好鬼靚喎。

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something happening or behaving the same way as before over time.

用法: E.g. 我：‘I need to stay consistent!’ 講英文人：Consistent 廣東話係乜嘢？(Me: I need to stay consistent! English speaker: What is consistent in Cantonese?)

同義詞: keep住

參考: https://www.threads.com/@tracywongdc/post/DE-HfeUuJEx

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a smaller kind of conference room for general purpose, such as having a small group meeting, 1 on 1 interview, zoom call, etc. However, it does not mean people should do all sorts of things in it such as chitchatting loudly and having a social party.

用法: E.g. 呢排轉咗工，但公司係Shared Office。入面大部分都後生仔女。就算唔係坐埋一張枱都聽到佢哋大聲講大聲笑。啲meeting room又唔係多，長期俾人霸哂。到真係俾我book到都仲聽到出面啲聲 (E.g. I changed job recently, but the company is a shared office and most people are young, Even when I was not sitting at their table, I could still hear them talking and laughing out loud. There were also not many meeting rooms, so they were occupied for a long time. And when I booked a room, I could still hear their noise outside.)

同義詞: 會議室

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/4007435/page/1

定義: A chic-sounding code-mixing term that refers to year-end bonus (花紅) in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 你間公司今個年尾有bonus嗎?

同義詞: 花紅

參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf

定義: A romanised code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to refer to a type of fried noodles with soy sauce flavour that people like to eat every day because it is so easy to make and adaptable to different ingredients and tastes.

用法: E.g. Would you like chow mein with ham, beef, or chicken? Want to add some sesame, sweet and spicy sauce?

同義詞: 炒麵

參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/4150389/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a milder way of calling someone a newbie or referring to someone who is new or inexperienced at something.

用法: E.g. 上次份banking工有feedback話我太green，想問我有無興趣去compliance到做。(There was feedback from my last banking job saying that I was too green, and they asked me whether I had an interest to work in compliance.)

同義詞: 新手; 缺乏經驗

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3981656/page/39