香港中英夾雜字典

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 used by grassroots Hong Kongers who prefer a QR code rather than a physical a food menu when they eat at a high class restaurant.

用法: E.g. 入到居酒屋見到張menu唔識叫。(On entering the Izakaya restaurant, I saw the menu but didn't know how to order.)

同義詞: 餐牌

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3970505/page/1

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: 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: (verb) A more suitable term for the Cantonese equivalent word '檢查', which sounds too formal and serious, like doing a body check.

用法: E.g. 同我check吓份文件好嗎？

同義詞: 檢查

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: (textspeak) Transliterated from '無啦啦', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that is used as an adverb to describe something that happened suddenly and unexpectedly.

用法: E.g. Kui mo la la da ngo! Chi jor sin! (佢無啦啦打我！痴左線！)

同義詞: 無啦啦

定義: Originated from the warning sounds of the bells when a tram is driving in Hong Kong, this is an Englishised code-mixing term which refers to the tram that can be taken in the Hong Kong Tramways on Hong Kong Island.

用法: Let's take a tour of Hong Kong Island by taking the Ding Ding!

同義詞: 叮叮, 電車

參考: https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/explore/attractions/hong-kong-tramways.html

定義: Known as 'JM tone', this is a code-mixing word that Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man use to refer to reserving someone, even though it is criticised as Fake ABC English due to a most likely wrong word usage.

用法: E.g. 上天會deserve一個好好嘅人等緊我。(意思：reserve)

參考: https://inews.hket.com/article/1522091/Janice%20Man英文教室%20%20教你練成JM%20Tone

定義: Often complemented with '鳩吹' meaning talking nonsense or bullsh*t, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the type of language exchange where people are simply talking and chatting but not quite making much effort in learning language at all.

用法: E.g. 去唔去language exchange呀？Ｂ：你係指鳩吹exchange？(A: Want to go to language exchange? B: You mean nonsense / bullsh*t exchange?)

同義詞: 交流

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1240271/page/2

定義: A Kongish code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to emphasize how crowded and jam-packed a place is.

用法: E.g. 同事：今日搭車返工多唔多人呀？ 你：多呀，可以話係ｐｅｏｐｌｅ　ｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎ　ｐｅｏｐｌｅ　ｓｅａ呀。 E.g. 你：哇，人山人海呀！朋友：簡直係ｐｅｏｐｌｅ　ｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎ　ｐｅｏｐｌｅ　ｓｅａ啦！