香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong companies to refer to reorganising a company's team structure as well as an excuse to lay off its workers for some obscure reason.

用法: E.g 對唔住，公司 restructure，唔再有你做緊個 role，亦冇適合位置啱你，所以會遣散你。(Sorry, the company restructured. It no longer has the role you are working for and there is no suitable position for you, so you will be dismissed.)

同義詞: 結構調整

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BADzEOCk1Z/

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to the Cantonese equivalent '簽證'.

用法: E.g. 你搞好左travel visa未呀？（旅遊簽證） E.g. 你到外國工作要有working visa架。（工作簽證）

同義詞: 簽證

定義: (verb) A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to paper being stuck in a printer.

用法: E.g. 個printer又jam紙？唔係掛？

同義詞: 卡住紙

參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use when they want to apologise politely for something.

用法: E.g. *Holding up a queue* Mm ho yi si. E.g. *Butts into a conversation* Mm ho yi si. Where is the MTR?

同義詞: 唔好意思

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/travel/basic-cantonese-phrases-every-traveller-to-hong-kong-needs-to-know

定義: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to the numerical outcome of something rather than the consequence or ending of something.

用法: E.g. 出嚟個result有70分。(The result which came out was 70 marks.)

同義詞: 數據; 結果

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3797010/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used by Hong Kongers instead of '在家工作'.

用法: E.g. 我今日真係爽呀，可以work from home。成日煲netflix都得啦！

同義詞: 在家工作

定義: Sometimes used with a negation particle such as '唔' meaning 'not' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe something as not very kind and pleasant in a less direct and personal way, even though the word is usually used to describe a person.

用法: E.g. 你講得岩。香港揸車唔係咁friendly。(You are right. Driving in Hong Kong isn't very friendly.)

同義詞: 友善

定義: Said to have originated from 'copycat' in English, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to someone who cheats or copies other people's answers in an exam. (出貓)

用法: E.g. Don't dare to bring out the cat in an exam! (唔好咁大擔考試出貓！)

同義詞: 出貓

參考: https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/article/3181508/cat-got-your-tongue-feline-inspired-cantonese-slang-all-kinds

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the rundown of a presentation and how well the speaker articulates his speech and transitions between ideas.

用法: E.g. 返工做present口窒窒點樣改善？理解自己想講既野，設計好個flow, 當講故事咁講出黎。千其唔好死記硬背 (E.g. How to improve yourself if you stutter while presenting at work? Try to understand what you want to say, design the flow, and tell it like a story. Don't memorise it like a script.)

同義詞: 流程

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2675045/page/1

定義: Originated from ‘access’, this is a code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to the means through which one can enter a system or having the permission to retrieve data from a system.

用法: E.g. 唔該可唔可以比個database既assess比我？ (Could you give me the access to the database?) E.g. 我assess唔到個system。可唔可以比密碼我？(I cannot access the system. Can you give me the password?)

同義詞: access, 讀取

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/CjZh3wSpu4l/ (使用手機版本)