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香港中英夾雜字典

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10 個隨機詞彙,共 613 個結果

Wa

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used as an interjection to express surprise, which is equivalent to ‘wow’ in English. 用法: E.g. Wa! People mountain people see! (So many f***ing people)同義詞: 哇

scan

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to the Cantonese equivalent '掃描'. 用法: E.g. 可以scan份document比我嗎? E.g. 喂,個scanner壞左呀。幾時搵人黎整呀?參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese

gluttonous cat

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who eats so much, which is similar to 'eats like a pig' in English. (為死貓) 用法: E.g. You eat 5 meals a day? What a gluttonous cat!同義詞: 為食貓參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/48371

click

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers love to use to refer to selecting something on an electronic device, such as by using a mouse or touchpad. 用法: E.g. 幫手click吓我D廣告啦!同義詞: 點擊參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201705266.pdf

show off

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of '炫耀', which sounds too formal to be used in conversation.  Also used as 'show qualie' sometimes. 用法: E.g. 唔好成日係到show off啦。知道你勁喇。E.g. 成日講野都夾雜英文。你喺到show qualie呀?

rat race

定義: Derived from the Chinese term '內卷' and often translated as 'involution', this is an Englishised code-mixing term that describes an economic situation where excessive competition does not lead to development and innovation. This may lead to people feeling stressed, anxious, and trapped, as the two characters mean 'inside rolling'. 用法: E.g. I'm stuck in the rat race! I'm so tired of competing with everyone just to climb the career ladder!同義詞: 內卷參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjTg1G8rpVc

ma ma dei

定義: A romanised code-mixing term that is used to describe something, a person, or state as being so-so, or just okay in quality. 用法: E.g. A: How was the event? B: Ma ma dei la. E.g. A: How are you today? B: Ma ma dei la. E.g. A: What do you think of this shirt? B: I think it's ma ma dei.同義詞: 麻麻地參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-guide-hong-kong-descriptive-slang-phrases

camel

定義: Pronounced as 'cam-mell' and criticised as Fake ABC English, this is a code-mixing term used by celebrity Janice man to refer to the animal 'camel'. 用法: E.g. 其實我自己好鍾意cam-mell色既,真係好似D駱駝色既,有少少泥色既。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
2023-03-04

group

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a relatively small number of people or things being put together but probably not big enough to be an organisation or entity. 用法: E.g. 我地間公司係一個group,不如加入我地既whatsapp group再傾吓我地可以點合作?(Our company is a group. What about joining our Whatsapp group so we can talk about how we can work together?)同義詞: 組, 組織, 集團參考: https://resources.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/23487/職場熱話-被迫加入廿個公司group-員工-不停彈訊息-連apple-watch都壞埋

double check

定義: A nicer-sounding phrase than '重複檢查' or '檢查兩次', which means to check again or check two times. 用法: E.g. 每次考試時記住double check份卷。