香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a serious disease that kills normal cells and causes death.

用法: E.g. A：唔好食咁多公仔麵，如果咪生cancer架。B：啋過你把口！

同義詞: 癌

參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ

定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to ask a shopkeeper how much something costs, which is extremely effective when bargaining for a lower price at wet markets. It can also be shortened to 'gay cheen' (幾錢).

用法: E.g. Gay dor cheen? (幾多錢?) E.g. Gay cheen? (幾錢?)

同義詞: 幾多錢?

參考: https://homekong.com.hk/blogs/read/helpful-cantonese-phrases-to-know

定義: A term used by native Hong Kongers to divert one topic to another in a polite manner.

用法: E.g. 係呀，個proposal已經搞掂了。Anyway, 我兒家要去開meeting。 E.g. 份proposal仲未搞掂？Anyways, 我兒家要食lunch喇。

同義詞: 點都好; 無論如何

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 phrase that westernised Hong Kongers like to use when they want to show their warmth and passion in befriending others, even when they have known a person for just a short while.

用法: E.g. Hey man，近排幾好嗎？(How have you been?) E.g. Hey man，吃左飯未呀？(Have you eaten yet?) E.g. Hey man，不如今餐我請呀？(What about I treat you this meal?)

同義詞: 喂，老友

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe people with high standards of social, moral and ethical behaviour which covers everything from the way they look, dress, and talk.

用法: E.g. 我覺得呢個行業既人都係好proper。(I think everybody in this industry are so proper.)

同義詞: 規矩, 正當, 得體

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/4012349/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong celebrity tutors to refer to a collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal.

用法: E.g. 狀元培育向來都是team work. （Nurturing top scorers has always been team work.)

同義詞: 團體合作

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRGmhTQjT1N/?igsh=NWtoNHZ6OGRyOW8x (使用手機版本)

定義: Often pronounced with a long vowel 'feet', this is a code-mixing term that is more appropriate to use when describing someone in good shape.

用法: E.g. 男仔：哇，你身材幾好喎。女仔：咸濕仔！ E.g. 男仔：哇，你身材好標準喎。女仔：死咸濕仔！ E.g. 男仔：哇，你好fit喎。女仔：多謝。

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to a programmer or developer especially if they are one themselves because it makes them sound like a profession.

用法: E.g. A: 你做咩IT行業? 寫program嗰D? B: 唔係。我係engineer。(What kind of IT industry are you from? Are you a programmer? B: No, I am an engineer.)

同義詞: 工程師

參考: https://tecky.io/zh_Hant/blog/Programmer-分多少種-2022-23/

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who does not show gratitude to those who helped him/her after a goal is reached.

用法: E.g. I have helped you reach your goal and you complete forget about me? So does that mean you finished the ritual and ditch the monk?

同義詞: 打完齋唔要和尚

參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/打完齋唔要和尚

定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term transliterated from ‘咗’, which is equivalent to the ‘-ed’ particle for past tense in English.

用法: E.g. Jo jor gong for mei ar? (做咗功課未呀？） E.g. Sik jor farn mei ar? (食咗飯未呀？）

同義詞: 咗

參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/16/the-use-of-transliteration-in-kongish/