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10 個隨機詞彙,共 613 個結果

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

training

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong companies like to use to refer to sessions they provide for employees to equip them with skills, which may or may not be full of actions such as teaching, instructing and nurturing as the -ing term suggests. 用法: E.g. 吓?你講完一兩句野就當係training?!(What? You just gave a short talk and called this 'training'?!)同義詞: 訓練, 培訓參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/700190/page/9

opportunity

定義: A more sophisticated way of expressing chance (機會) in Cantonese, as the English term denotes prospect for advancement or success. 用法: E.g. 好多謝貴公司今日比呢個opportunity我地黎做個presentation.

sorry

定義: A more effortless way of apologising to someone without sounding so formal and serious. Sometimes, it is pronounced as 'sor-li'. 用法: E.g. Sorry呀,踩親你。 E.g. Sorry呀,我遲到左。 E.g.你:對唔住!係我抵死,係我唔岩!朋友:唔洗咁隆重。你:SORRY囉。參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers

build chicken shed

定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers use to describe a business structure that scams people and is prone to collapse or failure, as 'chicken' (雞) in Cantonese can also be used to describe something cheap or weak. 用法: E.g. This company has people coming to work and leaving the job all the time! Such build chicken shed!同義詞: 搭雞棚參考: https://ukdodgy.com/2024/04/06/scam

You big me?

定義: Derived from '你大我?‘, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use when they feel that someone is bluffing them by a display of confidence. 用法: E.g. You big me? 我big返你and give you some color you see呀!(你大我?我大返你再比D顏色你睇呀!)同義詞: 你大我?

file

定義: Often pronounced as 'fi-lo' with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that is more generic to be used for a number of different items in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 唔該copy呢個file比我。(電腦檔案) E.g. 買多個file儲住D紀錄。(文件夾) E.g. 警察:我哋會睇返呢單case既file。(檔案)參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf

fly an airplane

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who fails to show up in an event. Also, used as 'to fly somebody an airplane'. 用法: E.g. We all agreed to go shopping this weekend. Please don't fly airplane! (放飛機) E.g. I know you are busy, but don't fly me an airplane again! (放我飛機)同義詞: 放飛機

chop

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a company stamp. (公司蓋章) 用法: E.g. 可唔可以借個chop黎用吓?同義詞: 公司蓋章參考: https://paper.hket.com/article/190909/行政人員英語詞窮%20見客口啞

sai

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term added to the end of verbs to express the meaning of completely or to a large extent. (晒 - saai3) 用法: E.g. Mm goi sai! (Thank you so much!) 唔該晒 E.g. Dor jeh sai! (Thank you very much!) 多謝晒 E.g. Jo sai! (Done everything!) 做晒 E.g. Sik sai! (Eaten everything!) 食晒 E.g. Mo sai! (No more left!) 冇晒同義詞: 晒參考: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1592/