香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Pronounced as 'leeb' (long vowel), this is an a lot more linguistically efficient way of referring to '升降機' in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 等陣呀。我兒家搭緊lift上黎。

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 code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the type of work done for companies independently with much flexibility and freedom, which resembles the origin of the word that referred to a medieval mercenary who would fight for whoever paid them the most.

用法: E.g. 接邊間公司既freelance做先最賺錢呀？緊係呢間啦！(Which company should I earn me the most doing a freelance job for? Definitely this company!)

同義詞: 自由工作

參考: https://www.threads.com/@duoproduction/post/C_pdWgzS9qd

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to more efficient and sometimes less official way of making a request for a job.

用法: E.g. Jobsdb見到好多agent公司幫公司請人，一apply班agent就打來phone call，唔理你是唔是工作時間都打來，即刻問長問短... 不如直接同公司apply. (On JobsDB, you see a lot of recruitment agencies hiring for companies; the moment you apply, the agents call you—often without caring whether it’s during office hours—and immediately they start grilling you with questions... You're better off applying directly to the company.)

同義詞: 申請

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3975336/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the process of finding an employee's former colleagues or managers to verify their job history, which can sometimes be very tedious.

用法: E.g. 我就唔驚reference check去check我過去表現，但要我搵人做reference check 就好煩，尤其係個HR係咁催我交人 (I am not afraid of reference checks that check my past job performance, but asking me to find someone to do the reference check is very annoying, especially if the HR is urging me to hand over the person.)

同義詞: 資歷查核

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3576674/page/1

定義: A code-mixing phrase that is used by Hong Kongers to mean that they are ready to go to work whenever they get a call from their company.

用法: E.g. 我每星期工作五天。不過我假日都要on call。

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used to describe something that happened at a later time than expected. (延遲)

用法: E.g. 今次班機delay左好耐。下次搵第二間航空公司喇!

同義詞: 延遲

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to the wire that melts when the electric current exceeds the safe level in a device.

用法: E.g. 唔好chur到部機咁行，如果咪燒fuse屎架。

同義詞: 燒fuse, 燒保險絲

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3579513/page/2

定義: A code-mixing term that a "Jayden Mami" likes to use to express unpleasant surprise while softening the tone in order to make sure the child isn't scared by the mother's emotional state.

用法: E.g. Jayden, 你喺邊到學人dye埋D hair架? Mami好shocked呀。(Jayden, who did you learn dying your hair from? Mami is so shocked.)

同義詞: 驚訝; 震驚

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXBG2f3kq7D/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used by Hong Kongers instead of '在家工作'.

用法: E.g. 我今日真係爽呀，可以work from home。成日煲netflix都得啦！

同義詞: 在家工作

定義: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use instead of '跳過'.

用法: E.g. 條題目好難。skip左先啦。

同義詞: 跳過

參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/