香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who think that there should not be work life balance in a job.

用法: E.g. 鍾培生：創立HKTCG呢段時間，我發現工作係唔應該有work life balance！(Derek Chung: Since founding HKTCG, I’ve realized that work shouldn't be about "work-life balance"!)

同義詞: 工作與生活平衡

參考: https://www.threads.com/@khdcheung/post/DaLDfNyj872?xmt=AQG0d2CtkCfBLCF7_hL8i3UT_5pM4sQhmEna6BzrSZp21XK0l6N0Qcq3Yei7A41-B_gwqJk7&slof=1

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？

同義詞: 掃描

參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a man who relies on his wife or girlfriend to sustain a living.

用法: E.g. Be a real man and stop eating soft rice!

同義詞: 食軟飯

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to noticing something in a more passive and less intentional way.

用法: E.g. 我唔係唔知道發生咩事，只不過當時我唔係咁aware周邊既環境姐。(It's not that I don't know what was going on, but I was just not aware of my surrounding environment at that time.)

同義詞: 意識；知道；察覺；為意

參考: https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1chahae/difference_between_realize_and_be_aware_of/?tl=zh-hant

定義: (adj.) insane; malfunctioning; derived from "short circuit". Often used as "sot sot deih", meaning a little insane.

用法: E.g. 你契爺凍到short咗. (Your godfather is freezing to the point of insanity.) E.g. 部冷氣機short左。快D搵人黎整返佢啦。

定義: This is an Englishised term of the Cantonese words '著數', which refers to advantages that one can offer.

用法: E.g. 如果我幫你，你會比我D咩ｊｅｔｓｏ先？

同義詞: 著數

參考: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2038083/what-exactly-jetso

定義: A code-mixing term used by all sorts of Hong Kongers to refer to the popular trading card game called Magic the Gathering.

用法: E.g. A: 打唔打magic呀? B: 等我整吓我個deck先再同你揪。(A: Do you want to play magic? B: Let me sort out my deck first before I dual with you.)

同義詞: Magic the Gathering, 魔法風雲會

參考: https://magic.wizards.com/zh-Hant

定義: A romanised code-mixing term that real ABC’s like to use to refer to toilet. (廁所）

用法: E.g. Excuse me? Where is the chee sor?

同義詞: 廁所

參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/12-phrases-you-need-to-know-before-you-visit-hong-kong#:~:text=An%2520alternative%2520to%2520“hou%2520ging,jeng”%2520if%2520something%2520is%2520awesome.

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a subject matter that is less socially loaded, people-oriented or even gossipy.

用法: E.g. 成日都講人是非，可唔可以轉topic？(The conversation is always gossiping about others. Can we change the topic?)

同義詞: 話題

參考: https://spencerlam.hk/blog/2022/02/01/group-discussion技巧/

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to refer to talking to someone in order to know what they have been doing.

用法: E.g. 我地幾時會再catch up吓？好耐冇見喇。

同義詞: 趕上進度