香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Originated from a tradition where people would donate gifts to those in need, this is a code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who do not want to be misunderstood as the day on which they would open presents, as the Cantonese equivalent terms denote the opening of presents on that day.

用法: E.g. 聽日就係boxing day。你會去邊到shopping？(Tomorrow is boxing day. Where will you go shopping?)

同義詞: 節禮日, 拆禮物日

參考: https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/拆禮物日

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a year where one’s Chinese zodiac offends or clashes with the God of Tai Sui, which means the fortune of the year will not be as smooth as others.

用法: I was born in the year of the snake and I am fan tai sui this year! Let’s go to the temple to pray for protection and peace!

同義詞: 犯太歲

參考: https://chinesenewyear.net/zodiac/tai-sui/

定義: Short for 'available zero', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that is often used by Hong Kong teen celebrities to sell themselves as idols that have never dated or been in a relationship before.

用法: E.g. 鍾柔美男女關係複雜 A0形象被質疑 絕密校園生活揭秘 (Yumi Chung's complicated love relationships raise questions about her A0 image; her top-secret campus life revealed.)

同義詞: Available zero, 未拍過拖

參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/鍾柔美yumi被爆扮a0-中學時至少有4名男友？-就連「學霸」之名都被質疑-080040455.html

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 phrase that is often mistaken as grammatically incorrect due to the word 'very' being considered redundant, as 'delicious' already denotes the meaning of very yummy. However, it originates from '好好味' in Cantonese, which means 'very very tasty'.

用法: E.g. 哇，Ｄ野食真係very delicious呀。

同義詞: 好好味

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing idiom used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who refuses to concede despite knowing that they made the mistake in the first place. '死雞撐飯蓋' can also be shortened to '死撐' sometimes.

用法: E.g. You know you've done wrong! Stop being like a dead chicken propping up the rice cooker lid!

同義詞: 死雞撐飯蓋

參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong companies like to use to refer to sessions they provide for employees to equip them with skills, which may or may not be full of actions such as teaching, instructing and nurturing as the -ing term suggests.

用法: E.g. 吓？你講完一兩句野就當係training？！(What? You just gave a short talk and called this 'training'?!)

同義詞: 訓練, 培訓

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/700190/page/9

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to gestures and customs that an employee must do or learn when they work in a company.

用法: E.g. 老細黎到仲唔識DO? 快D讓座同沖杯咖啡比佢啦！ E.g. 打工仔要識DO先得，如果咪好快冇得撈。

同義詞: 做

參考: https://www.etnet.com.hk/www/tc/lifestyle/archive/goodjob/23372

定義: Often added with a ‘咗’ like the ‘-ed’ form in English for past tense, this is a code-mixing term that is used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to having completed something, such as an event or project.

用法: E.g. 你地finish咗個project未呀？ E.g. 終於finish咗個event！

同義詞: 完成

參考: https://www.businesstimes.com.hk/articles/157451/創新科技獎學金2024-挑選25位傑出大學生-每人最高15萬港元獎學金/

定義: To get a refund for something due to dissatisfaction.

用法: The service was so bad, that's why I wanted to wui shui.

同義詞: 回水