香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to ‘mechanical engineering’.

用法: E.g. 小時讀mechan 第時揸貨van (If we choose to study mechanical engineering when we were young, we will end up driving a cargo van.) E.g. 到底我做左幾多錯事 讀完mechan 出黎做IT9 (What on earth did I do wrong? I finished studying mechanical engineering and became an IT dog.)

同義詞: 機械工程

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BAZQJOQ7dx/

定義: A Kongish code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to a popular dish known as two dish rice, which originates from pointing one's finger to dishes when choosing dishes to eat at a two dish rice restaurant.

用法: E.g. Excuse me, I want this, this, this...

同義詞: 兩餸飯, two dish rice

參考: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail/20091475/dse-英文口試驚現-兩餸飯-考起學生-考評局正解非this-this-rice/3

定義: This is a code-mixing term that is used instead of the Cantonese equivalent '文件夾' to refer to a physical folder or a virtual folder on a computer.

用法: E.g. 喺你個desktop上面開個folder，然後將你既file放入去。 E.g. 老師：唔該把所有功課放喺你個文件夾入面。同學：吓？文件夾？老師，你係邊到黎架？

同義詞: 文件夾

定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to call the minibus driver to stop at the next bus stop. (有落)

用法: E.g. Mm goi yau lok! (唔該，有落)

同義詞: 有落

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used to describe something that is very good or awesome.

用法: E.g. The food is so jeng! (正) E.g. The movie was ho jeng ah! (好正呀)

同義詞: 正

參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/12-phrases-you-need-to-know-before-you-visit-hong-kong#:~:text=An%20alternative%20to%20“hou%20ging,jeng”%20if%20something%20is%20awesome.

定義: A shortened code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to uploading files to the internet. ('上載')

用法: E.g. 快D幫我up張相到IG啦！

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to leaving past memories behind so they can progress or continue in life.

用法: E.g. 被分手嘅大家係點move on? (How does everyone move on from a breakup?)

同義詞: 繼續前行

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2705628/page/6

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong teachers love to use to imply to students that there is some standard to adhere to or duty to be taken for the task given to them, rather than something that requires much effort as the Cantonese phrase ‘功課‘ denotes.

用法: E.g. 記住assignment要自己做，唔好抄人地或用AI。(Remember that you must do the assignment by yourself, and not copy others or use AI.)

同義詞: 功課

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1883876/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to socialising with people when they are too tired of '應酬' in Cantonese where one is eating, drinking or entertaining clients for the sake of establishing business relations.

用法: E.g. 曾經諗過改 逼自己扮social 但最後發現乜都唔理做番自己最舒服 唔洗夾硬逼自己扮哂野去應酬人 (I once thought about forcing myself to pretend to be social, but in the end I found that I didn't need to care about anything but being myself was the most comfortable. I didn't have to force myself to pretend to be social to entertain people.)

同義詞: 應酬

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/310048/page/3

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they become aware of a situation and understand it so that they can learn from it and make a wise decision next time.

用法: E.g. 你唔realise第一間既loss又點樣低價買入第二間? (If you don't realise the loss of your first house, then how can you buy the second one at a low price?)

同義詞: 意識；領悟；發覺

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3638415/page/8