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香港中英夾雜字典

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10 個隨機詞彙,共 613 個結果

long time no see

定義: Pronounced as 'long tie lo see', this is a code-mixing term used by grassroots class Hong Kongers for greeting someone they have not seen for a long time. 用法: E.g. 喂!Long tie lo see!參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/mens-talk/simon-shen-hong-kong-english-chinese

boss

定義: Often pronounced as '波士', this is a more polite sounding code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to '老闆', especially when working in a corporate company. 用法: E.g. 做波士就好啦。我地呢班打工仔一世做奴隸。參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk

polly shum

定義: Transliterated from '玻璃心' meaning 'heart made of glass', this is a code-mixing phrase used by local student Hong Kongers to refer to someone who can be easily hurt and broken, just like as fragile as glass. 用法: E.g. He is very manly but he is actually a polly shum when it comes to love.同義詞: 玻璃心參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now

claim

定義: This is a code-mixing term used to refer to claiming money.  However, it is often pronounced as 'kam' by grassroot class Hong Kongers. 用法: E.g. 請問讀完個course有冇得kam返d錢架? E.g. 請問d飯錢可唔可以問返公司kam架?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

rat race

定義: Derived from the Chinese term '內卷' and often translated as 'involution', this is an Englishised code-mixing term that describes an economic situation where excessive competition does not lead to development and innovation. This may lead to people feeling stressed, anxious, and trapped, as the two characters mean 'inside rolling'. 用法: E.g. I'm stuck in the rat race! I'm so tired of competing with everyone just to climb the career ladder!同義詞: 內卷參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjTg1G8rpVc

proposal

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used in the workplace environment of Hong Kong to refer to a proposal document. 用法: E.g. 老細叫你打嗰份proposal打完未呀?E.g. 今次份proposal太短喇,又唔夠detail。再打過啦。

maiseen

定義: A romanised code-mixing term that is used by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to refer to '米線', which is a type of noodles that is very popular in Hong Kong and China. 用法: E.g. 港女:Im so broke so I went into a random updup maiseen place eat din alone...參考: https://topick.hket.com/article/2254771/wuddud=核突%E3%80%80港女「流利」港式英語投訴米線店考起網民
2023-03-04

common

定義: Often pronounced as ‘cummun’, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they want to express how common something is without making it sound unpopular or nothing special. 用法: E.g. 做呢個行業好common架咋。(This occupation is so common!)同義詞: 普遍, 普通參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/C04Br91vuJT/

lunch

定義: A fashionable code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a meal served at noontime where they can be more casual, carefree and relaxed than in an environment created by the Cantonese equivalent ’午餐‘. 用法: E.g. 你仲做野?快啲食lunch先啦!(You are still working? Let’s eat lunch first!)同義詞: 午餐參考: https://www.ilc.cuhk.edu.hk/workshop/Chinese/Cantonese/CantoneseExpress/characteristics/p2.aspx

security

定義: Pronounced as 'sik-q', this is a code-mixing term used to refer to the security staff of a building. 用法: E.g. 同我快D叫'食Q'黎!