香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to having enough money to buy something without indicating one's ability to cope with such burden.

用法: E.g. 點解要鍾意自己 afford 唔起嘅 luxury? (Why love luxury that you can't afford?)

同義詞: 負擔得起; 買得起

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DP3vop4Epm7/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to the extent someone is shortsighted in degree units.

用法: E.g. You are shortsighted? What is your eye degrees?

同義詞: prescription, diopters, 度數

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBmy095Db9U&t=190s

定義: This is a code-mixing term that local student Hong Kongers use to address a female teacher. Sometimes, it is pronounced as 'missy'.

用法: E.g. Miss，請問呢條問題點答？

同義詞: 先生

定義: An Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a set of viral videos created by two Hong Kong KOL Matthew (matthewpwj_) and Janice (janicewanwan), where typical Hong Kong modern mothers are being imitated and mocked by their Cantonese-English code-mixing conversation style that is supposedly awkward. Even though "Jayden" is taken as a popular name for boys in Hong Kong, other names such as Eunice, Benson, Hailey and many more are used.

用法: E.g. Jayden, Mommy told you not to play all day. Have you done your homework?

同義詞: Jayden之亂

參考: https://www.thestandard.com.hk/social-buzz/article/329055/Jayden-mania-How-a-viral-meme-mocking-Hong-Kong-parenting-is-sweeping-the-internet

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by Hong Kong local students to encourage others to keep studying hard and make progress every day.

用法: E.g. My Chinese classmates often tell me to 'Good good study, day day up'. It's so catchy!

同義詞: 好好學習，天天向上

參考: https://dw-media.tkww.hk/epaper/tkp/20091103/A25_Screen.pdf

定義: A chic way of saying the word 'feel' in Cantonese, in order to avoid sounding old-fashioned.

用法: E.g. 晨早樓樓係到食薯片，好唔岩ｆｅｅｌ喎。(noun) E.g. 喂，你今日著成咁，好ＭＫｆｅｅｌ喎。 (noun) E.g. 我ｆｅｅｌ到佢對我有意思。(verb) E.g. 我對你已經冇哂ｆｅｅｌ喇。 (noun)

參考: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch

定義: A code-mixing word that working class Hong Kongers love to use instead of the Cantonese equivalent '資料庫' in the IT sector. Also see 'db'.

用法: E.g. Con唔connect得到個database呀? E.g. 內地人：你能夠連接得到個資料庫嗎？ 香港人：你指個database?

同義詞: 資料庫

定義: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to '噱頭'.

用法: E.g. 你有沒有留意樓下那家coffee shop最近常做promotion，我覺得滿有gimmick

同義詞: 噱頭

參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/港人中英夾雜有規律-網友-太神奇-020000181.html

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who is so stubborn that their neck is like leaning towards one side.

用法: E.g. Listen to us for once! Don't be always so dead cow's one-sided neck la!

同義詞: 死牛一邊頸

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to 'university'.

用法: E.g. 你讀邊間U架？ E.g. 我好想入呢間U呀！

參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf