香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers love to use to refer to anything that looks like a sauce.

用法: E.g. 半唐番: 可唔可以比啲sauce我? 香港人: 唔係sauce黎架，係醋！(ABC: Can you pass me the sauce? Hong Konger: It's not sauce. It's vinegar!) E.g. 半唐番: 可唔可以比啲sauce我? 香港人: 唔係sauce黎架，係豉油！(ABC: Can you pass me the sauce? Hong Konger: It's not sauce. It's see-yau!)

同義詞: 醬

參考: https://auntieemily.com/soy-sauce-chow-mein/

定義: (vulgar) A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers in place of the expletive f-word in English when one is angry and wants to curse. However, the usage of this term may actually only refer to scolding someone and nothing to do with cursing or having sexual intercourse at all. Sometimes, ‘ed’ or ‘ing’ is added to the verb to indicate tense in case the listener finds it ungrammatical.

用法: E.g. Diu! I lost the game again! E.g. My teacher diu'ed me for talking in class today. E.g. Stop diuing me! It wasn’t my fault. Are you crazy?!

同義詞: 屌

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DU5Y2vjEzbU/?img_index=2&igsh=MWlxaDBhbHJlYTR6aA== (使用手機版本)

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: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that refers to giving irrelevant responses to questions.

用法: E.g. A：你去邊？ B：我知道。Ａ：Nine not following eight!

同義詞: 九唔搭八

參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-nine-not-following-eight/

定義: Derived from the internet slang 'laugh out loud'. this is a cliche code-mixing term that has grown out of the textspeak medium into human speech. As opposed to 'lol' being such an overused term on the internet where the meaning is often not that literal, the term is used by westernised Hong Kongers to really mean laugh out loud.

用法: E.g. 睇完套戲真係lol左。(I really laughed out loud after watching the movie!)

同義詞: 大聲笑, 撈

定義: Purportedly to have originated from the name of a disposable diaper, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Konger use as a euphemistic way to refer to a person's buttocks, which is very appropriate to say when talking to toddlers.

用法: E.g. 唔好曳啊，曳就打PAT-PAT (Don't be naughty, or else I will hit your buttocks)

同義詞: 屁股

參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/PAT-PAT

定義: (idiom) Derived from '雞同鴨講', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe two people who are unable to understand each other due to a difference of language or values. In other words, the conversation just seems to go round and round with each person talking over each other.

用法: E.g. I think we will never understand each other because we work in different departments. What a chicken and duck talk!

同義詞: 雞同鴨講

參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-word-of-the-month-雞同鴨講-chicken-duck-talk/

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers have unconsciously adopted to refer to a workplace because they have used Microsoft Office a bit too much growing up for doing homework and assignments.

用法: E.g. 聽日要返office？唔係打八號風球咩？！(We need to go to office tomorrow? Isn't it gonna be typhoon 8?!)

同義詞: 辦公室

參考: https://www.jobmarket.com.hk/m/Bastille/返Shift網民大呻轉返Office工仲辛苦：朝九晚六先係真地獄？

定義: Originated from Japanese TV show, this is an Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a teenage-like person who often only lives in their own world and does things just to satisfy themselves, or even acting as if they have secret powers.

用法: E.g. 鍾培生吊威也求婚女友未say yes硬戴戒指網民：太中二了 (Derek Chung proposed to his girlfriend with a wire stunt and put the ring on her while she has not even said yes. Netizens commented: "Such secondary two syndrome!")

同義詞: 中二病

參考: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1239684264415029/

定義: (vulgar) Originated from LIHKG due to swear word filters, this is a code-mixing term used to refer to the worst possible circumstance that can ever happen to someone, as the tones of 'hihi' sound very similar to '仆街' in Cantonese, which means 'to trip on the street' or 'to die' as a metaphor.

用法: E.g. 香港而家好似喺平行時空咁樣。樓價升，租金升。大部份嘅生意行業跌到hi hi (Hong Kong seems to be in parallel universe nowadays. Property prices rise, rents rise. Most of the business industries went completely broke.)

同義詞: 仆街

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BBg_BfSN0N/