香港中英夾雜字典

定義: (Kongish) When something goes completely wrong. Or doesn't work out (fail, flop)

用法: Sei fo! We didn't prepare for the presentation today. It was a total flop!

同義詞: 死火

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person's mental state that is immediate for action without necessarily having done any preparation. When used in negation form 'not ready', it may mean that preparation is already done but the person is still not ready.

用法: E.g. 如果一個女仔話鍾意你，但係未ready一齊，要我等，係咩意思 (If a girl says she likes you, but isn't ready to be together with you and asks you to wait, what does that mean?)

同義詞: 準備好

參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/3629688/page/1

定義: Originated from the warning sounds of the bells when a tram is driving in Hong Kong, this is an Englishised code-mixing term which refers to the tram that can be taken in the Hong Kong Tramways on Hong Kong Island.

用法: Let's take a tour of Hong Kong Island by taking the Ding Ding!

同義詞: 叮叮, 電車

參考: https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/explore/attractions/hong-kong-tramways.html

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term that is used as an adverb to emphasize the intensity of an adjective, which is similar to ‘very’ in English.

用法: E.g. Ho ging ah! (Very powerful) E.g. Ho ying ah! (Very good looking) E.g. Ho jeng ah! (Very good or awesome) E.g. Ho ho may! (Very delicious)

同義詞: 好

參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/12-phrases-you-need-to-know-before-you-visit-hong-kong#:~:text=An%2520alternative%2520to%2520“hou%2520ging,jeng”%2520if%2520something%2520is%2520awesome.

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

定義: (textspeak) Derived from '男神' meaning 'male god', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to a super attractive man who females can fantasize about.

用法: E.g. Ngo geen dou narm sun dem gun beat, ho lun ying cls. (我見到男神Dem緊Beat，好L型痴L線。)

同義詞: 男神

參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/283411/大學生打字用火星文-10句港式英文拼音大挑戰-測試你識幾多

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe strenuous tasks that are almost impossible to complete.

用法: E.g. Getting my son to do homework is like pulling a cow up the tree!

同義詞: 拉牛上樹

參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms

定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term meaning homework, which only Hong Kong local students can understand.

用法: E.g. Jo jor gong for mei ar? (做左功課未呀？） E.g. Nei mong gong for meh? (你忙功課咩？） E.g. Jo sai d gong for la! (做晒D功課喇！）

同義詞: 功課

參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/16/the-use-of-transliteration-in-kongish/

定義: Often pronounced as 'grandma', this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to the set of rules that define the structure of a language, which can be difficult and annoying sometimes like a grandma.

用法: E.g. 今次考試要考埋英文grammar。真係好麻煩呀！(The exam will also cover English grammar this time. So frigging annoying!)

同義詞: 語法

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3389792/page/1

定義: (textspeak, vulgar) A code-mixing term used by Gen Z native Hong Kongers when they laugh so f***ing hard that they could literally or figuratively trip and fall on the street. Sometimes, the acronym be translated into different versions in order to act like euphemism for a swear word phrase.

用法: E.g. sldpk (少年的拼勁) (Hong Kong artist Lam Ka-hin used “sldpk” in a post on his social media, justifying his usage with a Cantonese word pun to refer to the swear word phrase indirectly.)

同義詞: 笑撚到仆街; 少年的拼勁; 成龍打保錡

參考: https://tyr-jour.hkbu.edu.hk/2024/12/15/canto-slang-connects-gen-zers-in-hong-kong/