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定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to contact lens.
用法: E.g. 港女:我唔要戴眼鏡。我要戴con!
參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
定義: (noun) A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers when they want to state a problem or something that needs to be addressed and dealt with.
用法: E.g. 當然如果錢對你嚟講唔係一個concern,或者呢啲worldly pleasures 對你嚟講你毫無興趣,咁你當然可以去搵更加大嘅意義。例如做吓義工,幫吓社會嘅人。(Of course if money is not a concern for you, or if these worldly pleasures are of no interest to you, then you can certainly search for greater meaning in life. For example, you can go volunteering and help people in the society.)
同義詞: 問題; 需要關注嘅事
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3039721/page/2
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to express worry about something.
用法: E.g. 最近公司既野收入令到我好concern。
參考: https://www.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/職場英語-盤點辦公室改不掉的中英夾雜-double-comfirm是錯的/1301-25515
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use as a more natural way to ask for another person's phone number.
用法: E.g. 就快last day, 點拎個女同事contact好? (My last day is coming soon. What's the best way to get a female colleague's contact details?)
同義詞: 聯絡資料
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/789285/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something happening or behaving the same way as before over time.
用法: E.g. 我:‘I need to stay consistent!’ 講英文人:Consistent 廣東話係乜嘢?(Me: I need to stay consistent! English speaker: What is consistent in Cantonese?)
同義詞: keep住
參考: https://www.threads.com/@tracywongdc/post/DE-HfeUuJEx
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to giving or providing something, in order to help achieve a goal.
用法: E.g. 麻煩大家contribute一吓個discussion。
同義詞: 貢獻
參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: An ultra efficient code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to singing contest.
用法: E.g. CLS呢個中學生唱singcon唱到跪撚埋喺度 (So frigging crazy! This high school student sang until kneeling down in a singing contest.)
同義詞: 歌唱比賽
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3191125/page/16
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a situation of utter chaos and mess.
用法: E.g. Do enough planning beforehand or your project will end up in a wok of congee!
同義詞: 一鑊粥
定義: Even though the word 'double' may seem redundant, this is a code-mixing expression that is often used in the workplaces of Hong Kong when you want to verify something.
用法: E.g. 可唔可以double confirm吓個schedule呀? E.g. 唔該幫我double confirm吓每一個detail呀。
同義詞: 雙重確認
參考: https://smelab.com.hk/職場英語-double-confirm-reconfirm/
定義: A code-mixing term used by entertainment judges as a neutral way of describing the state of something not being controlled rather than implying someone has gone wrong losing control of something.
用法: E.g. 我覺得你有時可能自視太高,你頭先出嚟時用聲同埋所有嘅野,你係完全out of control,直情係一個好似唔識唱歌嘅人 (I feel you may think too highly of yourself sometimes, like when you first came out and used your voice and all that, you were completely out of control, as if you were a person who didn't seem to know how to sing at all.)
同義詞: 失控
參考: https://www.stheadline.com/film-drama/3570761/魔音女團莊子璇失準隨時出局陳熙蕊安慰喬美莎獲激讚-高學歷背景曾創百萬帶貨額