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香港中英夾雜字典

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10 個隨機詞彙,共 681 個結果

old seafood

定義: Derived from '老屎忽' meaning 'old buttocks', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used to refer to a person who has high authority in a company but often looks down on the subordinates, points fingers at them, and uses them to his or her advantage. 用法: E.g. My senior is such an old seafood! He just likes to point his finger at people and doesn't do anything himself!同義詞: 老屎忽
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing idiom used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who refuses to concede despite knowing that they made the mistake in the first place. '死雞撐飯蓋' can also be shortened to '死撐' sometimes. 用法: E.g. You know you've done wrong! Stop being like a dead chicken propping up the rice cooker lid!同義詞: 死雞撐飯蓋參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms

fax

定義: A code-mixing term used to refer to the fax machine (傳真機). Often used as 'fax機' or 'fax屎機'. 用法: E.g. 部fax機work唔work呀? E.g. 唔該幫我fax呢張野過去呀? E.g. 請問收唔收到我張fax屎呀?參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644

for some reason

定義: A useful alternative if your boss is tired of hearing the word 'somehow' when you want to avoid saying 'I don't know' to a question. 用法: E.g. For some reason個file corrupt左。 E.g. For some reason個printer壞左。 E.g. For some reason今次個客唔搵我地。

fly an airplane

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who fails to show up in an event. Also, used as 'to fly somebody an airplane'. 用法: E.g. We all agreed to go shopping this weekend. Please don't fly airplane! (放飛機) E.g. I know you are busy, but don't fly me an airplane again! (放我飛機)同義詞: 放飛機

Out bud

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to ‘out of budget’, which is used by working class Hong Kongers in business meetings. 用法: 做project management只睇兩樣。第一就係有冇outside個scope,第二就係有冇out bud。

jam

定義: (verb) A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to paper being stuck in a printer. 用法: E.g. 個printer又jam紙?唔係掛?同義詞: 卡住紙參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ

file

定義: Often pronounced as 'fi-lo' with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that is more generic to be used for a number of different items in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 唔該copy呢個file比我。(電腦檔案) E.g. 買多個file儲住D紀錄。(文件夾) E.g. 警察:我哋會睇返呢單case既file。(檔案)參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf

deadline

定義: A code-mixing term often used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the day that work must be handed in and finalised. 用法: E.g. 老闆:下次知道要搞咁耐就早D返公司喇。 下屬:你話有野要交比個客睇,但係冇話過係deadline喎。 E.g. 老闆:今日係deadline,做唔完野要OT。 下屬:D野一早就做哂喇。

staycation

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers love to use to refer to going on a vacation near one's home. 用法: E.g. 年尾要清假,但封左關又唔去得旅行,唯有去酒店staycation啦。同義詞: 宅度假參考: https://hkdic.my-helper.com/Staycation/