香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers when they want to tell somebody to be ready to do something anytime without making them feel ordered to do the task.

用法: E.g. 聽日放工記住隨時standby，有可能有客搵你。(Remember to standby tomorrow after work, as there may be customers who need you.)

同義詞: 待命；候命

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3476706/page/1

定義: With a literal meaning of 'hot air', this is a romanised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to having overheat from eating too much spicy or fried foods, leading to pimples and freckles growing on your face or even buttocks. Also, yeet hay seems to only exist in Chinese medicine but not western medicine according to native Hong Kongers.

用法: E.g. A: Do you want to eat barbeque? B: No thanks, I am very yeet hay recently.

同義詞: 熱氣

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/C7PVDJZpVgq/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A romanised code-mixing term that foreignised Hong Kongers use when they want to say ‘yes’ to someone.

用法: Hong Konger: Are you a gweilo? Foreigner: Hai.

同義詞: 係

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/travel/basic-cantonese-phrases-every-traveller-to-hong-kong-needs-to-know

定義: To get a refund for something due to dissatisfaction.

用法: The service was so bad, that's why I wanted to wui shui.

同義詞: 回水

定義: This is a code-mixing term that refers to a list of matters to be discussed at a meeting. (議程)

用法: E.g. 我哋宜家一齊go through吓今日嘅agenda。

同義詞: 議程

參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/開會常用英文-講完即刻pro咗-095043435.html

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer more specifically to the legal promises made by a company, especially in a contract or agreement.

用法: E.g. bonus guarantee 有3個月？有d 公司好仆街係咪都話生意唔好減咁d 架wor (Is it guaranteed to have 3 months of bonus? Some companies are really an epic fail and say their business is not doing good then lower your salary.)

同義詞: 保證

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2863234/page/3

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person with a feminised voice.

用法: E.g. 我覺得呢個男人cam cam哋。唔知真係男人定係女人呢？

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html

定義: A code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to refer to a mutual friend or a friend in common.

用法: E.g. 佢係我地個common friend黎架。 E.g. 我地唔係好熟，不過有好多common friend。

同義詞: 共同朋友

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP2Tu1kqrQc&t=4s

定義: Originated from the warning sounds of the bells when a tram is driving in Hong Kong, this is an Englishised code-mixing term which refers to the tram that can be taken in the Hong Kong Tramways on Hong Kong Island.

用法: Let's take a tour of Hong Kong Island by taking the Ding Ding!

同義詞: 叮叮, 電車

參考: https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/explore/attractions/hong-kong-tramways.html

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong girls love to use to ask their boyfriends whether they feel sad or regret about not having their presence at times, as ‘掛住‘ in Cantonese could just be merely thinking about someone without such emotions, which is not enough to satisfy a Hong Kong girl’s demands.

用法: E.g. 呢幾日我地冇見。有冇miss我呀？ (We have not seen each other these several days. Do you miss me?)

同義詞: 掛住, 想念

參考: https://www.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=17173491