香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers use when they are scared and freaked out by something.

用法: E.g. Scare die me! You are so early in office today?!

同義詞: 嚇死我

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定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to marking something in order to show that it is chosen or correct.

用法: E.g. 快D tick點心紙啦。我好餓呀。(Tick the dim sum order form quickly. I'm so hungry.)

同義詞: 剔

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

定義: Often said without a 'bus', this is a chique sounding code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to a vehicle that has more specific and direct route to a destination. However, the Cantonese equivalent '穿梭巴士' may be used more often during holiday as it may sound more enjoyable and less 'chur' to ride on.

用法: E.g. 我每日返工都有得搭shuttle，好快就到公司。 (I can take the shuttle to work every day and get to to office very fast.)

同義詞: 穿梭巴士，接駁巴士

參考: https://www.weekendhk.com/網絡熱話/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-香港人-ctb02-by-1413297/2/

定義: An alternative way of referring to someone who's getting on your nerves, as the equivalent term '挑戰' in Cantonese sounds too much like a real duel or battle and hence too provocative to use.

用法: E.g. 老闆：夠喇。你唔好係到挑戰我。你:我幾時有挑戰過你呀？！ E.g. 老闆：夠喇。你唔好係到challenge我。你:*silence*

同義詞: 挑戰

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the visually appealing exterior of something, such as the figure of a person.

用法: E.g. 2023年落選港姐郭珮文，參選時憑著驕人的35C身材獲封「最強Body」(Juliana Kwok, a Miss Hong Kong contestant in 2023, was dubbed the "Ultimate Body" during the competition thanks to her impressive 35C figure.)

同義詞: 身體

參考: https://www.stheadline.com/film-drama/3585362

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who does not show gratitude to those who helped him/her after a goal is reached.

用法: E.g. I have helped you reach your goal and you complete forget about me? So does that mean you finished the ritual and ditch the monk?

同義詞: 打完齋唔要和尚

參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/打完齋唔要和尚

定義: (verb) A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to persuading someone forcefully to do or achieve something.

用法: E.g. 資優學生唔需要push佢地做，係咁依點下就ok。(There is no need to push talented students, as you just need to guide them casually.)

同義詞: 逼迫;催逼

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/337010/page/1

定義: A Kongish code-mixing term used to describe how poor (慘) someone is.

用法: E.g. I cried coz I am very chaam. E.g. 今次考試肥左真係好chaam。 E.g. 做到扒左喺到咁真係ｃｈａａｍｃｈａａｍ豬。

同義詞: 慘

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定義: A romanised code-mixing term that Hong Kong expats use to describe a female who is pretty, or a male who is handsome, or an object that is good-looking.

用法: E.g. You look very leng today! (你今日好靚呀！) E.g. Wa! This dress ho leng ah! (哇！呢條裙好靚呀！) E.g. You are so leng jai! (你好靚仔呀！)

同義詞: 靚

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,91

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