香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Often pronounced without the 'd', this is a neutral-sounding code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they are not sure which Cantonese equivalent word to use when something unexpected happens.

用法: E.g. 哇，你考試咁高分，我好surprised呀。(Wow, you scored a high mark in your exam. I'm so surprised.) E.g. 哇，你最近減肥呀？我好surprised呀。 (Wow, you went on a diet recently? I'm so surprised.) E.g. 哇，你有男朋友？我好surprised呀。(Wow, you got a boyfriend? I'm so surprised.)

同義詞: 驚喜，驚訝

參考: https://tsangyoksing.hk/2009/10/06/輕音節的正確讀法/

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

用法: E.g. 連得到個db未? 定係connect唔到呢?

同義詞: 資料庫

定義: A code-mixing term that can also be used to refer to a non-human object.

用法: E.g. 咁快開波？等我warm up吓先。 E.g. 同事A：喂，部機咁慢既？ 同事B：部機要warm up吓先得架。

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: This is a code-mixing phrase that Hong Kongers like to use instead of '諗到' in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 我暫時仲未figure out到點樣solve個problem。

參考: https://english.cool/code-switching/

定義: A romanised code-mixing term that is used by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to refer to '米線', which is a type of noodles that is very popular in Hong Kong and China.

用法: E.g. 港女：Im so broke so I went into a random updup maiseen place eat din alone...

同義詞: 米線

參考: https://topick.hket.com/article/2254771/wuddud＝核突%E3%80%80港女「流利」港式英語投訴米線店考起網民

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe that something must be done no matter how worse the situation is.

用法: E.g. I don't care three seven twenty one. This project must proceed!

同義詞: 唔理三七廿一

參考: https://www.ourchinastory.com/zh/5530/何謂「唔理三七廿一」？%C2%A0

定義: A code-mixing term that a Jayden Mami uses to refer to a more playful misbehaviour in a lighthearted way rather than describing a child genuinely bad and unmanageable that the Cantonese equivalent terms tend to denote.

用法: E.g. Jayden呀，唔好再咁naughty啦。你唔食菜，又唔飲湯，你唔會healthy架！(Jayden, don't be so naughty. If you don't eat vegetables and don't drink soup, you will not be healthy!)

同義詞: 曳；百厭

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/7397/

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

定義: A code-mixing term that upper class Hong Kongers like to use when they want to sound like they are taking the time to choose something, rather than being so picky and indecisive.

用法: E.g. A: 今個假期你會去邊呀？B: 我仲explore緊有咩options。(A: Where will you go this holiday? B: I am still exploring options.)

同義詞: 探索

參考: https://www.threads.com/@christineknlau/post/DSXI_fNj5ES/christine呀我份工其實唔錯但總覺得缺少啲嘢-最近好多人同我講類似嘅話人工ok但冇挑戰性同事nice但冇growth公司穩定但好悶呢種感覺我稱之為care