香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A salutation often used by real ABC Hong Kongers to ask how somebody is doing. However, it is often overused by Fake ABC's to strike a western impression on others. (Also used as "what's up")

用法: E.g. 喂，ｓｕｐ ｍａｎ？ E.g. 偽ＡＢＣ：Ｓｕｐ ｍａｎ， ｓｕｐ， ｓｕｐ， ｓｕｐ．．．人們：得喇。唔好成日唔係又ｓｕｐ又喺到ｓｕｐ啦。好煩呀。

定義: Often used as '嘥gas', this is a code-mixing term that is used by native Hong Kongers to refer to wasting one's efforts.

用法: E.g. 你唔洗嘥gas，佢唔會聽你講。

同義詞: 嘥gas，白費功夫

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW0x5-SyI4o

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe having done a task, which is similar to 'All done!'. Sometimes, '搞掂食碗麵' can be shortened to '搞掂'.

用法: E.g. I have finally done this task! Gau dim eat bowl noodle!

同義詞: 搞掂食碗麵

參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/12-phrases-you-need-to-know-before-you-visit-hong-kong#:~:text=This%20phrase%20means%20%E2%80%9CAll%20done,can%20announce%20%E2%80%9CGau%20dim!%E2%80%9D

定義: A code-mixing word that Hong Kongers love to use to refer to '資料庫' in the IT sector.

用法: E.g. 連得到個database未? 定係connect唔到呢?

同義詞: 資料庫

定義: An Englishised code-mixing phrase used by westernised Hong Kongers to describe having an overly powerful ability to do something, such as winning a game.

用法: E.g. I can't believe you are winning every game! Are you bending machine?!

同義詞: 屈機

參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-guide-hong-kong-cantonese-slang-internet

定義: Derived from 'gut' (吉) meaning nothingness or tangerines, this is a romanised code-mixing slang phrase used to describe someone is messing about and wasting time, which purportedly comes from people in the past going into Hong Kong stores just to drink the bowl of soup called 'gut' soup (吉湯) without spending money on the food at all. 'wun' can mean to mix (混) or to transport (運).

用法: Auntie: Stop tasting my fruits here and there! Are you wun gut?

同義詞: 運吉, 混吉

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now

定義: A code-mixing term that upper class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to ‘下午茶’, which is afternoon tea.

用法: E.g. 今日下晝有冇時間high tea呀？ E.g. High唔high tea呀你？ (下午茶）

同義詞: 下午茶

定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong policemen when they want to take legal or enforcement action to deal with a situation. At other times, it can simply be used to describe an action that one must take in order to further one's progress.

用法: E.g. 如果比我地警方查到你犯法，我地會take action。(If our police force finds out that you have broken the law, we will take action.) E.g. 依加我地唔上唔落咁又唔敢再take action住。(Right now, our relationship is not getting anymore so I am afraid of taking any actions yet.)

同義詞: 採取行動

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1671360/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to counting down on New Year’s Eve because they were never familiar with anything related to ‘數' since they never attended local schools that taught difficult Math in Chinese.

用法: E.g. New Year’s Eve嗰日你會去邊到count down? (Where will you go for count down on New Year's Eve?)

同義詞: 倒數

參考: https://www.esquirehk.com/lifestyle/east-hong-kong-sugar-anime-skyline-countdown-to-2026-party

定義: A code-mixing term used by the upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the espresso-based coffee made with steamed milk because the Cantonese equivalent '意大利泡沫咖啡' is too sophisticated to say.

用法: E.g. A：我平時最鍾意飲意大利泡沫咖啡。香港人：你指cappucino?

同義詞: 意大利泡沫咖啡