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定義: Often pronounced as ‘cummun’, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they want to express how common something is without making it sound unpopular or nothing special.
用法: E.g. 做呢個行業好common架咋。(This occupation is so common!)同義詞: 普遍, 普通參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/C04Br91vuJT/
定義: A term that seems to originate from the English culture and can hardly be replaced by the Cantonese equivalent term '常識'.
用法: E.g. 喂，你咁快就落搭，有冇common sense架？
E.g. 一睇就知係搵笨啦，你有冇common sense架？
E.g. 你好似有常識，不過冇common sense。參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a common code-mixing slang term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a western male person, which is transliterated from '鬼佬', meaning 'ghost man'.
用法: E.g. Try talking to the gweilo to practice your English!同義詞: 鬼佬參考: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gweilo
定義: This is a code-mixing phrase commonly used to replace最後一日 when the last day of activity is reached.
用法: E.g. 今日係唔係last day?
