香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who is crazy, or a situation that is outrageous or unbelievable. (痴線 - ci1 sin3) Literal meaning: To have your electrical wires touching. Ie. Short circuit in the brain.

用法: E.g. Chi sin! You used all your money to gamble?! E.g. Chi sin! The restaurant gave me the wrong bill! E.g. Chi sin! You won the lottery?!!

同義詞: 痴線

參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/8-colloquialisms-unique-to-cantonese

定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that refers to singing karaoke.

用法: E.g Gum man hui ng hui sing k? (今晚去唔去唱K?)

同義詞: 唱卡啦OK

定義: A shortened code-mixing term that refers to 'semester' and can hardly be replaced '學期'.

用法: E.g. 大學生：唔知今個sem考成點呢？ 你：份project幾時交呀？同學：sem尾先至交呀。

同義詞: 學期

定義: Derived from '母校', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to a school that a person has graduated from. ie. Alma mater.

用法: Well I’m a Catholic. I believe in what I have been taught when I was in my mother secondary school, Wah Yan Kowloon.

同義詞: 母校

參考: https://www.inmediahk.net/node/政經/李家超透露是天主教徒-感謝「mother-secondary-school」教誨

定義: Often used as 'baby pig' (BB豬) in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to call their lovers.

用法: E.g. BB豬，你買D咩生日禮物比我呀？

同義詞: 寶貝

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by foreigners when they come across a local Hong Konger who thinks they know how to speak Cantonese. Literal meaning: I don't know how to speak Cantonese.

用法: E.g. Foreigner: Mm goi sai! Dor jeh! Hong Konger: Wow, your Cantonese is so good! Foreigner: Ngo mm sik gong gwong dong wa.

同義詞: 我唔識講廣東話

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

定義: Derived from 'monitor', this is a highly efficient use of one's eyes to keep track of the progress of somebody or something. Sometimes, even without the use of one's eyes.

用法: E.g. 喂，我咪喺度做緊野囉。你唔洗成日喺度mon住我嘛！ E.g. 你：喂，大佬。你唔洗成日打電話黎mon住我嘛？！！對方：大佬？！你邊隻眼見到我mon住你呀？！！ E.g. Ｄ股市跳得咁勁要成日搵人mon住先得架。

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to an exchange of goods or services for money, but often with an extra service of persuading and pushing the customer to buy something they don't want to buy at all.

用法: E.g. 個sales明明係sell野但係又講到唔係。(The salesperson was actually selling and pitching his product but he said he wasn't.)

同義詞: 賣野; 推廣

參考: https://www.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=27464402

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the rules being set on how you should wear for a situation or event.

用法: E.g. 聽晚要去公司function？有冇話咩dress code呀?

同義詞: 服裝規範

參考: https://www.englishok.com.tw/toeic/toeic-issue/crystal_lee_english_speaking

定義: (verb) Originated from the 'ding' sound that a microwave makes when it finishes heating food, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to reheating food with a microwave.

用法: E.g. He dings his lunch every day. (present tense) E.g. He is dinging his lunch. (present continuous tense) E.g. He dang his lunch yesterday. (past tense) E.g. He has just dung his lunch. (present perfect tense)

同義詞: 叮

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_njiXSdc7/