香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A way to sound more certain and less hesitant when your friend/boyfriend/girlfriend is asking you whether you want to do something with him or her.

用法: E.g. 朋友: 聽日去唔去睇戲呀？ 你: Depends啦。 E.g. 女朋友: 係咪聽日去shopping呀? 你: Depends啦。 E.g. 女朋友: 係咪聽日去shopping呀? 你: 睇下點啦。　*啪！*

同義詞: 睇下點

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a written test created by companies for job candidates, which can be easy or difficult depending on the situation. Sometimes, it can also be very 'chur' to do due to a company's limited time.

用法: E.g. 一入到去未擺低袋就俾張紙我做 Written Test，限時 20 分鐘。(When I arrived and before I even put my bag down, they gave me a piece of paper to do a written test, which had a time limit of 20 minutes.)

同義詞: 筆試

參考: https://www.threads.com/@sangdongizary/post/DZmtCj0mGom?xmt=AQG0EL-oDne_ejxYTHR6FJqyzY8A-PLBBPXB5uoPeZ1QqFbjVadt9K2xVmBMMoskDQMsiRJc&slof=1

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: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who is useless and is a waste of money to raise him or her up. (食濕米 or 食塞米)

用法: E.g. You cannot get anything done at all today? Do you eat wet rice? (你係咪食塞米?)

同義詞: 食濕米, 食塞米

參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/%E9%A3%9F%E5%A1%9E%E7%B1%B3

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to being able to gain experience of something by being in a particular environment rather than having physical contact with something. However, it is not to be confused with public exposure.

用法: E.g. 學習語言要夠exposure。(Learning a language needs enough exposure.) E.g. 做開大行去細行一定唔慣，exposure 又細啲，資源又小啲。(It must be hard getting used to working in a small company if you came from a large company. There is less exposure and resources are also less.)

同義詞: 接觸

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2363704/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to 'Occupied but Available' in boy-girl relationships.

用法: E.g. Occupied but Available （有伴侶但仍接受追求，即可一腳踏N船）(In a relationship but is still accepting new relationships, meaning that you can be in an N number of relationships at the same time.)

同義詞: Occupied but Available

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2812430/page/8

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers often use to refer to having missed something, such as a bus or a deadline.

用法: E.g. 哎呀，我miss左最後班車喇！\nE.g. 唔知miss左deadline會點呢？

同義詞: 錯過左

定義: A more subtle way for Hong Kongers to refer to the undergarment worn by women, as the Cantonese equivalent term '胸圍' may sound too explicit and embarrassing in mentioning the female's body part.

用法: E.g. 哎呀，我今日唔記得左載bra添。

同義詞: 胸圍

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

定義: A more neutral-sounding term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to '購物' or '買野', which signify the commitment to buying things.

用法: E.g. 女朋友：我地聽日去商場啦。男朋友：吓？又買野？！女朋友：唔係呀。去shopping咋嘛。 E.g. 女朋友：我地聽日去shopping啦。男朋友：又買野？！女朋友：去window shopping咋嘛。

參考: https://www.academia.edu/1177618/Cantonese_English_code_switching_research_in_Hong_Kong_A_survey_of_recent_research

定義: 1. (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person being clever or quick to notice things. Sometimes, it is used as 'sharp醒'. 2. (adj) Used to describe someone's appearance as being too eye-catching.

用法: E.g. 哇，乜今日咁sharp醒呀？咁快做哂D野？ E.g. 呢件衫Ｄ顏色太sharp喇。

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html