香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone as kind and friendly, even though it can just be a good manner posture sometimes.

用法: E.g. 跟住呢個係我自身經歷左warm嘅事: 一個人去食譚仔點知叫得太辣流晒鼻水但搵唔到紙巾, 同枱隔離有個人遞左紙巾俾小妹 (Then this is my own experience of a warm thing: I went to Tam Jai restaurant to eat by myself and I somehow ordered too spicy so I got a running nose but could not find tissue. Then someone from another table handed me tissue.)

同義詞: 温暖; 熱心; 熱情

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2513918/page/3

定義: A better sounding code-mixing term that is used in place of '室友'.

用法: E.g. 朋友：你有幾多個室友？ 你：你係話失友還是roommate?

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

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to talk about a topic with someone or a group of people and have them share their ideas and opinions.

用法: E.g. 不如一齊discuss吓個project點樣做？ E.g. 我地discuss吓個問題，然後再結論。可以嗎？

同義詞: 討論

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to '手提電腦'.

用法: E.g. 你部laptop用咩CPU架？好似好快喎。

同義詞: 手提電腦

定義: A generic term for a number of equivalent Cantonese words used to avoid absolute certainty.

用法: E.g. 件貨suppose今日到。(預期-expectedly/predictably) E.g. 我suppose你係岩既。 (假設-guess) E.g. 警察係suppose要保護市民。 (應該-should)

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to socialising with people when they are too tired of '應酬' in Cantonese where one is eating, drinking or entertaining clients for the sake of establishing business relations.

用法: E.g. 曾經諗過改 逼自己扮social 但最後發現乜都唔理做番自己最舒服 唔洗夾硬逼自己扮哂野去應酬人 (I once thought about forcing myself to pretend to be social, but in the end I found that I didn't need to care about anything but being myself was the most comfortable. I didn't have to force myself to pretend to be social to entertain people.)

同義詞: 應酬

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/310048/page/3

定義: A code-mixing term often used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the day that work must be handed in and finalised.

用法: E.g. 老闆:下次知道要搞咁耐就早Ｄ返公司喇。 下屬:你話有野要交比個客睇，但係冇話過係deadline喎。 E.g. 老闆:今日係ｄｅａｄｌｉｎｅ，做唔完野要ＯＴ。 下屬:Ｄ野一早就做哂喇。

同義詞: 截止日

定義: Sometimes shortened and pronounced as ‘probay’, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the period of time at the start of a new job when one is being evaluated and tested to see whether they are suitable for the job.

用法: E.g. 過唔到probation通常唔關工作能力事。多數關得罪人事。(Not passing probation usually does not have to do with one's working ability, but rather to with people issues.)

同義詞: 試用期, 緩刑

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3946396/page/2

定義: A code-mixing term used by entertainment judges to describe a performance as enjoyable to watch without judging the entertainment value itself.

用法: E.g. 一開始覺得啲vocal好似嗌緊交，但又好 Entertaining (At first it felt like the vocals were arguing, but was very entertaining at the same time.)

同義詞: 有娛樂性

參考: https://www.nmplus.hk/entertainment/魔音女團-穎喬-陳潔靈-1637287/

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe being receptive to new ideas but not to the point of so expansive by opening boundaries.

用法: E.g. 我係一個open-minded既人，但係唔代表我內裡open。(I am an open-minded person, but that doesn't mean I am open on the inside. XD)

同義詞: 思想開放; 開明

參考: https://hinative.com/questions/26265836