香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong local teachers must say at the beginning of every class in order for students to stop chatting.

用法: E.g. Miss Cheung: Good morning class! Entire class: "Good morning Miss Cheung."

同義詞: 早安，同學們

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/348088/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a less official way of grumbling or whining about something just to vent off one's anger because doing this formally might just require a bit too much paperwork.

用法: E.g. 我要complain你啲attitude囉，好差呀你哋公司，I won't come again. 叫你哋最大粒同我出嚟！我要complain！(I have to complain about your attitude, the bad things about your company, and I won't come again. Ask your most senior guy to come out! I want to complain!)

同義詞: 投訴

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/226740/page/6

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by Hong Kong Legislative Council members to refer to a lease condition where the lot owner is required to complete the development within a specified period and obtain an Occupation Permit from the Building Authority. However, it is not to be confused with 'environmental permit'.

用法: E.g. 劉文君發言後，林筱魯再提醒發言表達專業用語時要考慮公眾能否理解。劉文君說：「頭先官員都有用building covenant㗎！enviromental permit我唔知你哋中文叫做咩嘢。」(After Lau's speech, Lin reminded him to consider whether the public would understand such professional terminology. Lau said, "The officials used building covenant just now! I don't know what you meant by 'environmental permit' in Chinese.")

同義詞: 建築規約

參考: https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20260211/bkn-20260211164003550-0211_00822_001.html

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a meeting that is usually shorter than what is already brief and leaves people thinking it should have been longer.

用法: E.g. Standup meeting講得一句太brief，judge唔到performance。(A stand-up meeting can only allow people say a few sentences that are too brief, which is hard for judging an employee's performance.)

同義詞: 站立會議; 站會

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/88607/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by entertainment judges to describe a performance as enjoyable to watch without judging the entertainment value itself.

用法: E.g. 一開始覺得啲vocal好似嗌緊交，但又好 Entertaining (At first it felt like the vocals were arguing, but was very entertaining at the same time.)

同義詞: 有娛樂性

參考: https://www.nmplus.hk/entertainment/魔音女團-穎喬-陳潔靈-1637287/

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to negotiating terms and conditions of an employment agreement or contract in addition to just the salary.

用法: E.g. Offer人工太低 簽約嗰陣仲有無得bargain? (If I am being offered a low salary, can I still bargain when signing the contract?)

同義詞: 講價

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1130972/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a more abstract way of referring to a person's relationship status without a partner than emphasizing the physical body as ‘單身’ denotes in Cantonese. Even though 'dog' is seen as a derogatory term, the phrase is often treated as a common everyday joke than it is really mocking someone seriously.

用法: E.g. 無論班女仔fd幾大班，三個又好，五個又好，十幾個又好，都係得我係single dog (No matter how big my group of female friends is, three or five or ten, I am the single dog.)

同義詞: 單身狗

參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/708381/page/1

定義: Often seen as redundant, this is a code-mixing phrase used by working class Hong Kongers when they really want to show politeness towards the email's receiver in a request.

用法: E.g. Please kindly find the attached document.

同義詞: 請

參考: https://graduate.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/35656/電郵技巧｜商用電郵｜職場英語-10個打工仔常犯的英文EMAIL錯誤-PLEASE-KINDLY-WELL-RECEIVED-WITH-THANKS-都係錯-內附正確寫法及網上課程

定義: An ultra efficient code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to singing contest.

用法: E.g. CLS呢個中學生唱singcon唱到跪撚埋喺度 (So frigging crazy! This high school student sang until kneeling down in a singing contest.)

同義詞: 歌唱比賽

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3191125/page/16

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong actress and singer JW as a less direct way to describe someone with a bad personality.

用法: E.g. I am not saying he is a bad person, 佢都係好人嚟㗎，男人我明白會有犯呢啲錯啦，但係當我係個受害者嘅時候，我就make咗呢個decision... (I am not saying he is a bad person, he is a good person after all, I understand men make these kind of mistakes, but since I was a victim, I made this decision...)

同義詞: 我唔係想講佢係一個壞/品質差既人

參考: https://www.hk01.com/即時娛樂/60360165/jw剖白被背叛仍硬食拜金標籤真相-痛斥網絡風氣-永遠女仔就係雞?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=01appshare