香港中英夾雜字典

定義: (verb) A more suitable term for the Cantonese equivalent word '檢查', which sounds too formal and serious, like doing a body check.

用法: E.g. 同我check吓份文件好嗎？

同義詞: 檢查

參考: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong expats use to tell someone to hurry up. The particle 'la' is often added for emphasis.

用法: Fai di la! The bus is here!

同義詞: 快D啦

參考: https://geoexpat.com/forum/53/thread22332-2.html

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a more general look or vibe of something rather than the artistic or literary manner of something, or the character of a person.

用法: E.g. 呢家啲00後衣著style好似完美屌打90後. (Nowadays the Gen Z's dressing style seem to be winning over the 90's by far.)

同義詞: 風格

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3739511/page/4

定義: A chic-sounding code-mixing term that refers to year-end bonus (花紅) in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 你間公司今個年尾有bonus嗎?

同義詞: 花紅

參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something that is so obvious that there is no need to ask anyone about it, especially after finding out the wrong of somebody. 'Ah Gui' is a name that originated from an infamous official (李世桂) in the Qing Dynasty.

用法: E.g. It must be him who let out the secrets! No need to ask Ah Gui!

同義詞: 唔洗問阿貴

參考: https://www.kamadelivery.com/blog/posts/香港10大俗語-地道文化背景大解構/

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to being able to gain experience of something by being in a particular environment rather than having physical contact with something. However, it is not to be confused with public exposure.

用法: E.g. 學習語言要夠exposure。(Learning a language needs enough exposure.) E.g. 做開大行去細行一定唔慣，exposure 又細啲，資源又小啲。(It must be hard getting used to working in a small company if you came from a large company. There is less exposure and resources are also less.)

同義詞: 接觸

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2363704/page/1

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: Derived from '老屎忽' meaning 'old buttocks', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used to refer to a person who has high authority in a company but often looks down on the subordinates, points fingers at them, and uses them to his or her advantage.

用法: E.g. My senior is such an old seafood! He just likes to point his finger at people and doesn't do anything himself!

同義詞: 老屎忽

定義: (Kongish) When something goes completely wrong. Or doesn't work out (fail, flop)

用法: Sei fo! We didn't prepare for the presentation today. It was a total flop!

同義詞: 死火

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers when they are really considerate about offending someone before or after saying something, such as making a comment or remark. However, it can be entirely offensive sometimes even though the person says no offense.

用法: E.g. 成日開口埋口都講No Offense嘅人，其實先係最Offense。(The person who always says no offense is very often the person who is the most offensive.)

同義詞: 有怪莫怪, 無意冒犯

參考: https://www.facebook.com/100most/posts/毛牌觀察學-第五話成日開口埋口都講no-offense嘅人其實先係最offense要講offense嘢唔使咁就住嘅一係下次試吓改口講no-defense/1031481205006323/