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香港中英夾雜字典

當代粵英夾雜字典


10 個隨機詞彙,共 783 個結果

work from home

定義: A code-mixing term that is often used by Hong Kongers instead of '在家工作'. 用法: E.g. 我今日真係爽呀,可以work from home。成日煲netflix都得啦!同義詞: 在家工作

toilet

定義: A euphemistic code-mixing term that refers to the same item ‘廁所’ in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 老師,唔該可唔可以去toilet呀? E.g. 咁多位,我去一去toilet先。參考: https://sites.google.com/site/hongkonglinguistics/Downhome/language-contact-in-hong-kong/cantonese-englishintra-sententialcode-switchinginhongkong

prefer

定義: A code-mixing term by native Hong Kongers to avoid saying the word 'like' in order to sound more professional in formal situations, or to avoid sounding biased when you like one item more than another. 用法: E.g. 你prefer今星期邊一日interview呀? E.g. 你prefer幾點睇戲呀? E.g. 我prefer佢個idea多D。同義詞: 比較喜歡

weekend

定義: A more modern and happy-sounding code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers use to refer to period at the end of a week where they like to enjoy it like a real holiday. 用法: E.g. 你哋會唔會weekend 兩日一夜去日本?(Would you go to Japan for two days and one night on the weekend?)同義詞: 週末參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3815081/page/1

insight

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to ask for a deeper analytical understanding of something. 用法: E.g. 你睇完本書有咩insight? (What insights do you have after reading the book?)同義詞: 見解; 睇法參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/202301935/202301935_1.pdf

lai see

定義: A romanised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to the red packets of cash given as gifts during Chinese New Year. Even though the first character of the phrase should be pronounced as 'lai' or 'lei' with a short vowel in Cantonese, it is often pronounced as 'laai' with a long vowel when in romanised form, leading to the expression sounding like 'laai see' (瀨屎), which means to poop in one's pants in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. Expat: Have you got any lai see during Chinese New Year? HK'er: Laai see? Sure! I have laaaai see today. Just kidding.同義詞: 利是參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/2007/

cc

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to sending a copy of an email message to another recipient. 用法: E.g. 份email記住cc埋比所有人。同義詞: 抄送

click

定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers love to use to refer to selecting something on an electronic device, such as by using a mouse or touchpad. 用法: E.g. 幫手click吓我D廣告啦!同義詞: 點擊參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201705266.pdf

need son ng need mum

定義: An idiom made popular by the toy product 'Need Son Ng Need Mum', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to the Chinese family tradition of favouring sons over daughters in carrying on a bloodline. 用法: E.g. A: Do you think you come from a traditional family? B: Yes! Need son ng need mum!同義詞: 要仔唔要乸, 重男輕女參考: https://www.threads.com/@apetoys/post/DNfCsgkP2qd/限量預訂嘩曱甴懷孕動物-要仔唔要乸-第六彈-小強系列need-son-ng-need-mum-small-strong-series全12款1隱藏款每盒都有男b

caltor

定義: Pronounced with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that refers to 'calculator'.  Also used as 'cal機' sometimes. 用法: E.g. 唔該借個cal機比我呀? E.g. 試下用caltor check吓個answer。同義詞: 計數機參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s
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