香港中英夾雜字典

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 used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a dress code that mixes both formal and everyday clothing, which they sometimes have a hard time deciding whether it should look a bit smarter or a bit more casual.

用法: E.g. 由大學interview到出嚟做嘢搵intern都有一個迷思：就係到底乜嘢係Smart Casual？全套老西又太過火 牛記笠記＋波鞋又太求其 名牌鞋高踭鞋又好似扮大個 每次面試前揀衫揀鞋都揀到懷疑人生 到底我係要smart啲定casual 啲？(E.g. From college interviews to finding a job as an intern, I always had a question: What exactly is Smart Casual? Wearing an entire western suit is too formal. Jeans and T-shirt plus sneakers are too casual. Designer shoes and high heels seem to pretending to be older. Every time I choose clothes and shoes before an interview, I question my life. In the end, do I want to be smarter or more casual?)

同義詞: 商務便裝; 半正式休閒裝

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_wcZZSBV4/

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: Known as Kongish, this is code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to money and lots of different things.

用法: E.g. Blow water. (吹水 - to chat casually or brag about something) E.g. Measure water. (磅水 - to give money) E.g. Return water. (回水 - to return money) E.g. Clear water. (通水 - to give secret info like a test) E.g. Draw water. (抽水 - to get profit or benefit for free) E.g. One lump of water. (一舊水 - one hundred dollars) E.g. What water? (乜水 - who the heck are you?)

參考: https://topick.hket.com/article/679575/%E5%BB%A3%E6%9D%B1%E8%A9%B1%E8%80%83%E8%B5%B7%E4%BD%A0%E3%80%80%E3%80%8C%E6%B0%B4%E3%80%8D%E5%AD%97%E6%9C%89%E5%B9%BE%E5%A4%9A%E7%A8%AE%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D%EF%BC%9F

定義: It is a slang used in casual, humorous contexts to describe the buttocks, often linked to the roundness of the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

用法: My first skateboard experience is i fell on my august 15th as soon as I stood on the board!

同義詞: 八月十五

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/32249/

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term that refers to chatting casually or bragging about something.

用法: E.g. 收皮啦！唔好再blow water！

同義詞: 吹水

參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/

定義: A fashionable code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a meal served at noontime where they can be more casual, carefree and relaxed than in an environment created by the Cantonese equivalent ’午餐‘.

用法: E.g. 你仲做野？快啲食lunch先啦！(You are still working? Let’s eat lunch first!)

同義詞: 午餐

參考: https://www.ilc.cuhk.edu.hk/workshop/Chinese/Cantonese/CantoneseExpress/characteristics/p2.aspx

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students as a casual way of labelling something as not related to the topic matter at hand.

用法: E.g. off topic講兩句: 文理都緊要，理科是硬道理，但文科（文學、歷史；或者是哲學）才是中學教育中唯一認真（seriousness）的科目。(Let me make a few off-topic remarks: Both arts and sciences are important, with sciences being the most important, but arts (literature, history, or philosophy) are the only subjects in secondary education that require seriousness.)

同義詞: 跟話題無關

參考: https://www.threads.com/@yuxichau/post/C5vuQ64SgYQ?hl=en

定義: A code-mixing phrase that a Jayden Mami loves to use to refer to a more casual way of learning something rather than the formal way of acquiring skills and information.

用法: E.g. Jayden呀，有時間就去pick up English啦。你唔用既話會好快forget架。(Jayden, go and pick up English when you have time. If you don't use it, you will forget it.)

同義詞: 學識; 練習

參考: https://hk.amazingtalker.com/questions/8407

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a more casual way of referring to stop doing a job because no one likes to mention the formality of resigning from a job which can be really tedious.

用法: E.g. 份工返得好辛苦真係好想quit 但quit左又會覺得自己好無用 (The job is very hard and I really want to quit, but I will feel very useless if I quit.)

同義詞: 辭職

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BASKN5LYyF/