香港中英夾雜字典

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: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to 'university'.

用法: E.g. 你讀邊間U架？ E.g. 我好想入呢間U呀！

參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe people who are really just minding their own business but not necessarily alone or single.

用法: E.g. 呢間bar啲人點呀？係唔係個個都好individual咁樣呀？ (How are the people in this bar? Are they all really just minding their own business?)

同義詞: 單獨

參考: https://www.threads.com/@matthew_lam1116/post/DAcSyqdScem?hl=zh-hk

定義: Often pronounced without the 'r' sounds and with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is an a lot more linguistically efficient way of referring to printer (打印機）in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 內地人:個打印機喺邊呀？ 香港人：咩話？三個字咁累贅。叫返ｐｒｉｎｔｅｒ啦唔該。

同義詞: 打印機

參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who does not know anyone. Originated from a game similar to Rummikub where pulling cards should add up to nine, but not over. Otherwise, the player will lose the game.

用法: E.g. I have never been to this event before! Everyone was like 'three does not know seven'!

同義詞: 三唔識七

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

定義: A code-mixing term that a Jayden Mami uses to refer to a more playful misbehaviour in a lighthearted way rather than describing a child genuinely bad and unmanageable that the Cantonese equivalent terms tend to denote.

用法: E.g. Jayden呀，唔好再咁naughty啦。你唔食菜，又唔飲湯，你唔會healthy架！(Jayden, don't be so naughty. If you don't eat vegetables and don't drink soup, you will not be healthy!)

同義詞: 曳；百厭

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/7397/

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong salesman love to use as a strategy to advertise their products without sounding like they're doing it for the sake of spreading the word or selling their product.

用法: E.g. 我地公司兒家做緊promotion。你唔買就走寶喇喂。(Our company is now doing promotion. If you don't buy, you'll miss out.)

同義詞: 宣傳，推廣

參考: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340689372_Code-Mixing_as_a_Promotion_Strategy_in_Shopping_Centres

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers love to use to refer to going on a vacation near one's home.

用法: E.g. 年尾要清假，但封左關又唔去得旅行，唯有去酒店staycation啦。

同義詞: 宅度假

參考: https://hkdic.my-helper.com/Staycation/

定義: (adj.) Often pronounced as 'up-day', this is a code-mixing term used to describe someone or something as being very trendy or up-to-date. However, it is also sometimes used as a verb like in native English.

用法: E.g.　你部手機好update喎。(adj.) E.g. Update左個software未呀？(verb)

同義詞: 潮; 更新

參考: https://www.inmediahk.net/中英夾雜

定義: A code-mixing filler term that real ABC's in Hong Kong love to use in all kinds of situations.

用法: E.g. 係呀，我男朋友對我幾好架，like...成日買衫比我啦，同我出街啦，like...總知好到形容唔到啦。 E.g. 外國生活幾好架，like...我成日可以踩單車啦，去shopping mall買野啦，like...總知好到數唔哂啦。 E.g. 係呀。It's like... It's like... you know? 你知我想講咩架？

同義詞: 即係