香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to cheering up a person such as a child in order to make them happy again or stop crying or being angry. At times, it can also refer to coaxing or persuading someone gently in order to convince them.

用法: E.g. 首期一人一半,都無落佢名,tum住佢話遲啲再買多層落佢名免稅 (E.g. The down payment was split among us in half, and I did not even put her name down for the flat. So I coaxed her by saying I will buy another flat for her tax-free.)

同義詞: 氹

參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/3214136/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to describe something or someone being reliable, awesome or decent.

用法: E.g. 呢間canteen好firm。(This canteen is reliable and decent.) E.g. A: 你今次成績點呀？B: 超Firm呀，一定勁高分！(A: How is your exam result? B: Super awesome, certainly very high marks!)

同義詞: 掂, 穩陣

參考: https://www.elle.com.hk/life/popular-slangs

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a job position that covers almost all the duties that an entire department has.

用法: E.g. 我份工係one man band，所以都幾忙架。

同義詞: 一腳踢

參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/一腳踢

定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to the extent someone is shortsighted in degree units.

用法: E.g. You are shortsighted? What is your eye degrees?

同義詞: prescription, diopters, 度數

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBmy095Db9U&t=190s

定義: An Englishised code-mixing phrase that refers to someone who disappeared for a long time and no one knows where they went.

用法: E.g. I will be blacklisting this guy who promised to attend the conference but went scuba diving!

同義詞: 潛水

定義: A code-mixing term often used by working class Hong Kongers to indicate the purpose of a product, in order to pitch and sell it to a customer.

用法: E.g. 呢個app係for你地客戶用架，令到你地方便好多。 E.g. 呢樣產品係for女士用架，尤其係貪靚嗰D。

參考: https://cantowords.com/dictionary/for#w100337

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers when they want to show how pleased they are towards someone’s achievements, but want to sound less show-off or exaggerated about their feeling.

用法: E.g. 你考試咁高分，我好proud of你呀。(You scored so high in the exam. I am so proud of you.)

同義詞: 驕傲，自豪

參考: https://www.threads.com/@grace_interest_english/post/DDthgzMyHsU

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong expats use to tell someone to hurry up. The particle 'la' is often added for emphasis.

用法: Fai di la! The bus is here!

同義詞: 快D啦

參考: https://geoexpat.com/forum/53/thread22332-2.html

定義: (adj.) An irreplaceable code-mixing term used to describe an unhappy state, especially when a person has been devastated by someone.

用法: E.g. 喂，你知唔知人地係會好hurt架？ E.g. 喂，你咁講野人地係會好hurt架。 E.g. 點都好，你應該唔好hurt到人先岩。

參考: https://medium.com/@girlslearnenglish/你說話會中英夾雜嗎-被-污名化-的中英夾雜-why-code-mixing-is-totally-fine-32eb1f280ca

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a milder way of calling someone a newbie or referring to someone who is new or inexperienced at something.

用法: E.g. 上次份banking工有feedback話我太green，想問我有無興趣去compliance到做。(There was feedback from my last banking job saying that I was too green, and they asked me whether I had an interest to work in compliance.)

同義詞: 新手; 缺乏經驗

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3981656/page/39