香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Pronounced as 'sik-q', this is a code-mixing term used to refer to the security staff of a building.

用法: E.g. 同我快D叫'食Q'黎！

定義: A classic Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to picking up, chatting up and courting someone, especially girls. Even though this is considered a more serious term than 'flirting', it is still very often used to describe someone who is just chatting up the opposite sex but not necessarily looking for romance, especially for the long term.

用法: E.g. Tonight go ng go kau lui? (Want to pick up girls tonight?)

同義詞: 溝

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,39072

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the rules being set on how you should wear for a situation or event.

用法: E.g. 聽晚要去公司function？有冇話咩dress code呀?

同義詞: 服裝規範

參考: https://www.englishok.com.tw/toeic/toeic-issue/crystal_lee_english_speaking

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers when they want to tell somebody to be ready to do something anytime without making them feel ordered to do the task.

用法: E.g. 聽日放工記住隨時standby，有可能有客搵你。(Remember to standby tomorrow after work, as there may be customers who need you.)

同義詞: 待命；候命

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3476706/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to the Cantonese equivalent '簽證'.

用法: E.g. 你搞好左travel visa未呀？（旅遊簽證） E.g. 你到外國工作要有working visa架。（工作簽證）

同義詞: 簽證

定義: (adj.) Often pronounced as 'up-day', this is a code-mixing term used to describe someone or something as being very trendy or up-to-date. However, it is also sometimes used as a verb like in native English.

用法: E.g.　你部手機好update喎。(adj.) E.g. Update左個software未呀？(verb)

同義詞: 潮; 更新

參考: https://www.inmediahk.net/中英夾雜

定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use when they want to ask where a washroom is.

用法: E.g. Chee sor hai bin? (廁所喺邊?)

同義詞: 廁所喺邊?

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

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong parents when they want to train their kids to be more well-behaved and organised without sounding so harsh and verbose.

用法: E.g. 你今次考試考到咁低分。以後要discipline啲去溫書，知唔知？！(You got such a low mark in the exam this time. From now on, you should have more discipline to study, understand?)

同義詞: 有紀律

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to an amount of work in a less quantifiable way, in order to sound less like they are complaining about how much work or burden they have.

用法: E.g. 仲有task要做？我最近已經多左workload。(There are still tasks to do? I already have more workload recently.)

同義詞: 工作量

參考: https://www.baby-kingdom.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=23644122

定義: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is very unadvanced in technology.  There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野，Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition. '撈' refers to '有得撈', which means you can earn a living.

用法: E.g. 今時今日唔可以再咁low tech架喇。快D買返部智能手機啦。

參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf