香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Originated from the Cantonese movie 'Night King' starring Dayo Wong (黃子華), this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the Lai King MTR station.

用法: E.g. A: 今晚去唔去荔景？B: 好呀。不過荔景幾時變左Night King？！(A: Want to go to Lai King tonight? B: Sure. But when did Lai King become Night King?!)

同義詞: 夜王, 荔景

參考: https://www.hk01.com/電影/60330286/夜王-葵芳一角爆紅-港鐵葵芳站改名franchesca-仲有隱藏廣播

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers use to emphasize how much paper work needs to be done when conducting studies of a subject, rather than just merely studying as the Cantonese equivalent '研究' denotes.

用法: E.g. 我兒家part-time喺大學做research，好忙架。(I am now part-time doing research at university, very busy.)

同義詞: 研究

參考: https://www.threads.com/@146snk/post/DKQjVZnhSNU/香港嘅bachelor訓練根本就冇乜預你去做research所以根本唔會教你點申請mphilphd-點樣寫research-proposal-點樣approac

定義: An ultra efficient code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to singing contest.

用法: E.g. CLS呢個中學生唱singcon唱到跪撚埋喺度 (So frigging crazy! This high school student sang until kneeling down in a singing contest.)

同義詞: 歌唱比賽

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3191125/page/16

定義: A shortened form of 'sorry' that is often used by Hong Kongers.

用法: E.g. Sor，唔小心踩到你。 E.g. *碰到人* Sor，sor，sor。

同義詞: Sorry, 對唔住

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students like use to refer to highlighting important information with a highlighter pen. (瑩光筆）

用法: E.g. 學生：等我highlight句野先，方便溫書嗰陣時。 老師：考試時記住帶返支highlighter。冇既就要underline架喇。

參考: https://www.weekendhk.com/weekspecial/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-香港人-ctb081-hc-1413297/3/

定義: A code-mixing phrase that overseas educated Hong Kongers use when they want to express their well-educated guess or opinion on a subject matter without sounding so formal and bookish.

用法: E.g. 呢個program我覺得in general係幾學到野。(I think I can really learn from this program in general.)

同義詞: 一般而言

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3990504/page/1

定義: An irreplaceable code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the kind of love relationship that one can get while being a teenager or kid.

用法: E.g. 咁細個就談戀愛？Puppy love呀？ E.g. 唔好成日掛住puppy love啦。讀好D書先啦。

參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644

定義: A euphemistic way of saying to somebody that you want to teach them a lesson or show them what you've got. (比D顏色你睇)

用法: E.g. 咁寸?! Let me give you some color see see!

同義詞: 比D顏色你睇

定義: Often expressed as ‘老best’ meaning 'old best', this is a code-mixing term used by Gen Z native Hong Kongers to refer to a best friend that a person has known for a long time. (呢個好大部分時候係攞嚟應用自己啲friend呀樣表達自己個friend係好老友囉咁樣)

用法: E.g. 你哋睇下呢個係我老best。(Let me show all of you. This is my old best friend.)

同義詞: 睇下呢個係我個好朋友, 老友, old best friend

參考: https://mingpaomonthly.com/article/details/語文．書話/2025-02/1737624129007/老best、bestie有咩分別？%20（歐陽偉豪）

定義: A chique sounding code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to going on a trip without quite knowing the particular destination.

用法: E.g. A: 今次假期又去邊到呀? B: 唔知呀，我鍾意去呢到travel吓，又去嗰到travel吓，總之去到邊就邊囉。(A: Where will you go this holiday? B: I don't know. I just like to travel here and travel there, just wherever I travel then where I go.)

同義詞: 旅遊