香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to starting a fight.

用法: E.g. This is a school! Don't start a film here!

同義詞: 開片

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a less official way of grumbling or whining about something just to vent off one's anger because doing this formally might just require a bit too much paperwork.

用法: E.g. 我要complain你啲attitude囉，好差呀你哋公司，I won't come again. 叫你哋最大粒同我出嚟！我要complain！(I have to complain about your attitude, the bad things about your company, and I won't come again. Ask your most senior guy to come out! I want to complain!)

同義詞: 投訴

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/226740/page/6

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person who is a yellow-skinned Asian but speaks English very well. I.e. Yellow on the outside but white on the inside like a bamboo stick. (竹升)

用法: E.g. Please don’t treat me like a bamboo stick! (竹升) I know how to speak Chinese!

同義詞: 竹升

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to giving encouragement to someone or helping them emotionally. Sometimes, it can also extend to providing necessities for someone such as food and shelter.

用法: E.g. 你嘅另一半比唔比到情緒support你架? (Is your spouse able to give you emotional support?) E.g. 其實父母最緊要既責任就係比到support比子女。(In fact, the most important responsibility of parents is being able to give support to children.)

同義詞: 支持; 鼓勵; 養活

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3641328/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a feature or quality of a product that persuades people to buy it. Compared to '賣點' in Cantonese, selling point can often extend to services and people, and can refer to personal attractiveness or uniqueness.

用法: E.g. 以前佢地D selling point 係聽話忠誠 (Their selling point used to be that they were willing to listen and loyal to their customers.)

同義詞: 賣點

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3746011/page/2

定義: Purportedly to have been a typo, this is a code-mixing term used by Hong Kong actress singer Shiga Lin to tell someone to rest in peace.

用法: E.g. Fast & Furious has always been one of my favourite movies. A great actor, may Paul Walker Rest in Piece.

同義詞: 安息

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5bBdbn4A8

定義: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to '噱頭'.

用法: E.g. 你有沒有留意樓下那家coffee shop最近常做promotion，我覺得滿有gimmick

同義詞: 噱頭

參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/港人中英夾雜有規律-網友-太神奇-020000181.html

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to 'university'.

用法: E.g. 你讀邊間U架？ E.g. 我好想入呢間U呀！

參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who only knows how to eat rice and nothing else. ie. A useless person.

用法: E.g. He is so useless like a rice bucket!

同義詞: 飯桶

定義: With a literal meaning of 'hot air', this is a romanised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to having overheat from eating too much spicy or fried foods, leading to pimples and freckles growing on your face or even buttocks. Also, yeet hay seems to only exist in Chinese medicine but not western medicine according to native Hong Kongers.

用法: E.g. A: Do you want to eat barbeque? B: No thanks, I am very yeet hay recently.

同義詞: 熱氣

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/C7PVDJZpVgq/ (使用手機版本)