香港中英夾雜字典

定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing phrase that is often used among local students in Hong Kong girl schools when they cannot understand what the teacher says in a lesson.

用法: E.g. *Teacher explains what to do for the lesson* Student A: Nei ming ng ming gong mud ye? Student B: Ng ming.

同義詞: 你明唔明講乜野?

參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/124322/集體回憶-90後最有共鳴火星文-禾刀吾g-3-你有無份

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

用法: E.g. 老師，上堂可以比帶自己notebook嗎？

同義詞: 手提電腦

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

定義: A nicer-sounding phrase than '重複檢查' or '檢查兩次', which means to check again or check two times.

用法: E.g. 每次考試時記住double check份卷。

定義: An irreplaceable code-mixing term meaning to deliver a speech, as saying the Cantonese equivalent term '匯報' would sound too old school and non-colloquial.

用法: E.g. 你幾時要present呀？ E.g. 今次份assignment難唔難present呀？

參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to pulling a face that looks pretentious in order to look cool.

用法: E.g. 林峯：你睇吓我個樣夠唔夠chok？！

參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-hea-chok-chur/

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer people coming together. Even though the term can be used both formally and informally in English, it can actually be more personal and intimate than '聚會' in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 女友稱約朋友去酒店Gathering 男友事後問起她卻支吾以對 (Girlfriend said she was going to a hotel with friends for a gathering, but when her boyfriend asked her about it later, she gave evasive answers.)

同義詞: 聚會

參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/網絡熱話/女友稱約朋友去酒店gathering疑似出軌-637892/

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

定義: 1. (noun) A word used instead of the Cantonese equivalent to denote the meaning of casual wear. 2. (verb) A word used to tell another person to be casual, informal, and relaxed. 3. (adj.) A word used to describe something as being informal, such as an event.

用法: E.g. 同事: 聽日著casual得喇，知道嗎？ E.g. 今日食飯casual D得喇。(隨便) E.g. 我聽日要去個casual既聚會。(非正式)

同義詞: 隨便; 非正式

參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese

定義: A code-mixing term that is more generic and appropriate to use in a number of different situations.

用法: E.g. 我覺得你個idea好好呀！(主意） E.g. 你唔係一D idea都冇呀？（想法） E.g. 呢隻遊戲既idea算唔錯。(概念） E.g. 你提出既idea同我好唔同。（觀點） E.g. 廣告既idea就係要人買野。（目的）

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: Often complemented with '跌' meaning 'decrease'', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe the state of becoming worse and being out of shape, like a decrease in wattage of a device.

用法: E.g. Sophie 搞咩，同GM 一齊後跌曬Watt, 由女神變平民，噤熄自己嘅光…冇曬自己。(What's wrong with Sophie? After being with GM, she became out of shape entirely. From a goddess to a commoner, she turned off the spotlight on her... and lost herself completely.)

同義詞: 瓦; 功率

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BBmvzp26S-/