香港中英夾雜字典

定義: 1. (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person being clever or quick to notice things. Sometimes, it is used as 'sharp醒'. 2. (adj) Used to describe someone's appearance as being too eye-catching.

用法: E.g. 哇，乜今日咁sharp醒呀？咁快做哂D野？ E.g. 呢件衫Ｄ顏色太sharp喇。

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

定義: A code-mixing term used by grassroots Hong Kongers to refer to “no pay leave” or non-paid leave.

用法: E.g. 請唔到病假咪請low pay leave囉! （no pay leave)

同義詞: 無薪假期

定義: Originated from an early pension scheme offered by the Hong Kong government in the 2000's, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a very generous voluntary severance package. Also known as the "golden handshake".

用法: E.g. Let's apply for a fat chicken meal and retire early!

同義詞: 肥雞餐

參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-fat-chicken-meal-肥雞餐-language-hong-kong/

定義: (vulgar) Originated from '狗噏' meaning 'dog uttering', this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to someone who likes bragging and talking non-sense.

用法: E.g. 公司有個同事（非ac dept.) 我稱之佢為9upper。每當我同人講嘢 佢就會喺隔離叻唔切 (I have a colleague in the company (non-ac dept.) who I call 9upper. Whenever I talk to someone, he gets in the way and acts like he is so smart.)

同義詞: 喜愛狗噏之人

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

定義: A code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to refer to the kind of lawyer occupation that mostly deals with documents but actually goes to court proceedings at times.

用法: E.g. A: 你係咪做solicitor? 咁咪唔洗上court? B: 都要上court架，少啲咋麻。(A: Are you a solictor? Does that mean you don't need to go to court? B: I need to go to court, but relatively less.)

同義詞: 事務律師

參考: https://cph-legal.com/2022/03/how-to-ace-a-job-interview-at-a-law-firm/

定義: A code-mixing term that often refers to a computer/video game.

用法: E.g. 你最鍾意玩邊隻game呀？

同義詞: 遊戲

定義: A code-mixing term used by Gen Z native Hong Kongers that refers to a person who loves food and likes to try different kinds of food. However, it is often used as a term similar to the level of a gourmet even though the person may not be a food expert.

用法: E.g. 而家啲ig foodie以為自己真係食評家。(Nowadays the foodies on IG really think they are real gourmets.)

同義詞: 美食愛好者

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2093295/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the school that a person had graduated from. However, working class and grassroots Hong Kongers may know this term but not use it because it sounds too Latin than English. Hence, they find ‘mother school’ is more sensible and practical to use.

用法: E.g. 你既alma mater係邊間學校？

同義詞: 母校, mother school

參考: https://youtube.com/shorts/Br8CWgYQNak?si=aFaIMvdv2YSnCxvh

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by overseas educated Hong Kongers who suspect that Hong Kongers should think equally more about playing hard than just working hard in order to achieve work life balance.

用法: E.g. 林作：個個都講work hard play hard，work life balance。其實work hard我都懷疑好多香港人都已經做到，但係play hard係咪真係做到？ (Jo Lam: Everyone talks about work hard play hard and work life balance. In fact, I suspect many Hong Kong people can already 'work hard', but what about 'play hard'?)

同義詞: 努力工作，盡情玩樂

參考: https://www.threads.com/@jolamchok/post/DZ7vZQvEu-N?xmt=AQG0CXq4cs_lvE9lalZblnSIMOpYE8FFkxn2iPI5ppvBkQgGVDW4mGrHcOZJpC5yTFDRogoV&slof=1

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers use to emphasize how much paper work needs to be done when conducting studies of a subject, rather than just merely studying as the Cantonese equivalent '研究' denotes.

用法: E.g. 我兒家part-time喺大學做research，好忙架。(I am now part-time doing research at university, very busy.)

同義詞: 研究

參考: https://www.threads.com/@146snk/post/DKQjVZnhSNU/香港嘅bachelor訓練根本就冇乜預你去做research所以根本唔會教你點申請mphilphd-點樣寫research-proposal-點樣approac