香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Originated from Japanese TV show, this is an Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a teenage-like person who often only lives in their own world and does things just to satisfy themselves, or even acting as if they have secret powers.

用法: E.g. 鍾培生吊威也求婚女友未say yes硬戴戒指網民：太中二了 (Derek Chung proposed to his girlfriend with a wire stunt and put the ring on her while she has not even said yes. Netizens commented: "Such secondary two syndrome!")

同義詞: 中二病

參考: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1239684264415029/

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to not being strict enough when managing people. Also, it often tends to depict a weakness in character by describing a person is not forceful or harsh enough.

用法: E.g. 同事話我太soft管唔到學生，我聽完好灰。(My colleague said I am too soft and cannot manage students like this. I felt very grey afterwards.)

同義詞: 不嚴厲

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU-fcZMgjI7/ (使用手機版本)

定義: Pronounced as 'tee-suu', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers have grown up with and got used to instead of the equivalent term in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 請問有冇tissue呀？。E.g. 唔該比張tissue黎呀，唔該。

同義詞: 紙巾

定義: Transliterated from '玻璃心' meaning 'heart made of glass', this is a code-mixing phrase used by local student Hong Kongers to refer to someone who can be easily hurt and broken, just like as fragile as glass.

用法: E.g. He is very manly but he is actually a polly shum when it comes to love.

同義詞: 玻璃心

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now

定義: Originated from the name of a French food company, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person's big buttocks or hitting someone's buttocks.

用法: E.g. 香港顧客每次行過海港城或者各大商場分店，一見到個招牌就往往忍唔住用廣東話讀成「大籮柚」或者「打籮柚」，甚至連買雪糕同朱古力嗰陣都腦海自動洗腦 (Every time Hong Kong customers walk across a branch in Harbour City or a big shopping mall, they often can't help but pronounce the shop's sign as "big buttocks" or "hit buttocks" in Cantonese. Even when they are just buying ice-cream and chocolate, their minds are automatically brainwashed.)

同義詞: 大蘿柚; 打籮柚

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdwORP1km-F/?stkn=N2Y4ZXdtc3NrbWgx (使用手機版本)

定義: Derived from literal translation, this is an Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a giraffe in a cute way.

用法: E.g. A giraffe is actually a "long neck deer" in Cantonese.

同義詞: 長頸鹿

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUVzFQYEZ_R/?igsh=NjM5bzc1YXp5MWFi (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a paragraph of job responsibilities that may be lacking in detail in order to cover up the downsides of the job position.

用法: E.g. 基本上所謂嘅「正職」，份份都搞唔撚掂，睇job description已經feel到伏到爆；人工就好似倒退咁，俾$20,000已經好似唔想俾咁。(Basically the so-called "full-time job", I cannot really handle every one of these jobs, as reading the job descriptions already makes me feel like it's a trap; Salary is like a regression, and $20,000 is already something they don't want to give.)

同義詞: 工作內容; 職務描述

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_hfKA8ePg/

定義: A code-mixing term used by a Jayden Mami as a more precise and technical way of referring to an ordered waiting line. Also, it is often complemented with the English word 'long' to exaggerate the lengthiness of a queue when scolding a child.

用法: E.g. 講咗呢啲holiday就係咁多人queue，條queue就係咁long嘅，冇可能你自己乜嘢都玩晒㗎嘛，係咪呀Jayden？(I have already said these holidays should have so many people queuing up. The queue is just that long, do you know you cannot play everything yourself, right Jayden?)

同義詞: 隊；龍

參考: https://topick.hket.com/article/4112744/Jayden之亂｜KOL拍片諷刺「Jayden媽」偽ABC育兒法%E3%80%80揭爆紅現象時間線-港媽式教仔金句

定義: A code-mixing term that is more appropriate to use than the equivalent term (培訓）in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 你新黎既話，公司係會有training比你。 E.g. A：我今晚要培訓呀。B：吓？你陪邊個呀？！(陪訓）

參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who only knows how to eat rice and nothing else. ie. A useless person.

用法: E.g. He is so useless like a rice bucket!

同義詞: 飯桶