香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe any unfortunate event such as an accident.

用法: E.g. If I have any winter melon tofu, I will sue your company!!!

同義詞: 冬瓜豆腐

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/39119/

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used by people in the IT sector to refer to a computer bug (漏洞).

用法: E.g. 唔係掛？今次個program有咁多bug？！

同義詞: 漏洞

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a game where a player hits a plastic ball with holes in it using a small racquette, which usually appeals more to females who find playing tennis too difficult.

用法: E.g. 早幾年啲女興行山（有對腳就行得）、做GYM（有手有腳就可以鳩做＋打卡）。之後就開始Tennis，但門檻較高，同埋太多女學極都係咁廢，三分鐘熱度就收皮。而家就開始pickle ball，因為夠易玩 (In the past few years, girls were interested in hiking (you can walk if you have feet) and doing gym (you can do it if you have hands and feet + take pictures). Then they started playing tennis, but the learning curve is higher, and too many were extremely useless even when they kept learning, or they just gave up after 3 minutes. Now they started playing pickleball because it's easy enough to play.)

同義詞: 匹克球

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3987075/page/1

定義: (textspeak) Derived from '狗噏' meaning 'dog uttering', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to talking non-sense, like bullsh*t. It is also often pronounced as '鳩噏' as a vulgar expression.

用法: E.g. Stop 9up and bragging about your achievements all the time! (唔好成日喺到鳩噏車大炮啦!)

同義詞: 狗噏, 鳩噏

參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/9up

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: Often pronounced as ‘ah-lo’, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to the letter ‘r’. Even though some Hong Kongers are aware of the prestigious ‘r’ that is pronounced rhotically, most of them choose not to say it in social situations because it sounds too pretentious like a fake American born Chinese.

用法: E.g. 去日本旅行要搭JR。(Going on vacation in Japan needs taking the J Ah-lo.) E.g. 請問MTR喺邊到? (May I ask where is the M-tee-ah-lo?)

同義詞: Ah-lo

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to recommend a candidate for a vacant position.

用法: E.g. 如果你識到朋友做呢行，可以refer佢比我地嗎？

同義詞: 推薦, 介紹

參考: https://goop.ai/topic/2r3f/尋英文補習教學partner

定義: Derived from the punning of '埋單' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term used by Gen Z Hong Kong local students to refer to getting the bill in a restaurant.

用法: E.g. Excuse me, waiter. My dad!

同義詞: 埋單

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdRLkcpJ3Rc/?stkn=YTV0M3dpeWxjMm9u (使用手機版本)

定義: (verb) Originated from the 'ding' sound that a microwave makes when it finishes heating food, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to reheating food with a microwave.

用法: E.g. He dings his lunch every day. (present tense) E.g. He is dinging his lunch. (present continuous tense) E.g. He dang his lunch yesterday. (past tense) E.g. He has just dung his lunch. (present perfect tense)

同義詞: 叮

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_njiXSdc7/

定義: Often added with a '屎' (faeces), this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a salesperson.

用法: E.g. A: 點解好多人唔識分sale 同sell 呢2個字 B: 我諗係因為sales sale屎sell屎sale野sell野. (A: Why do so many people cannot differentiate between sale and sell? B: I think it is because sales sell sh*t and sale thing sell thing.)

同義詞: sale屎

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3146390/page/1