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10 個隨機詞彙，共 946 個結果
定義: Sometimes shortened and pronounced as ‘probay’, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the period of time at the start of a new job when one is being evaluated and tested to see whether they are suitable for the job.
用法: E.g. 過唔到probation通常唔關工作能力事。多數關得罪人事。(Not passing probation usually does not have to do with one's working ability, but rather to with people issues.)
同義詞: 試用期, 緩刑
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3946396/page/2
定義: 顧名思義，是形容人打扮很入時 ，即是in-fashion的意思。(Translation: To describe someone who is dressed very trendy or in fashion.)
用法: 你今日著得好In喎。(You are dressed very in fashion today.)
同義詞: 時髦
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a meeting that is usually shorter than what is already brief and leaves people thinking it should have been longer.
用法: E.g. Standup meeting講得一句太brief，judge唔到performance。(A stand-up meeting can only allow people say a few sentences that are too brief, which is hard for judging an employee's performance.)
同義詞: 站立會議; 站會
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/88607/page/1
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by a Jayden Mami when they want their children to become conscious when getting out of bed in the morning, in addition to just getting up physically as in '起身' in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. Angus, 起身wake up喇。What time is it now? (Angus, get up and wake up. What time is it now?)
同義詞: 醒; 起身
參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DZhrxjDgEKu/ (使用手機版本)
定義: Derived from the idiom '傾國傾城', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used to describe women that are so devastatingly beautiful that they can make a country or city fall.
用法: E.g. The girls in this club are so fall country fall city!
同義詞: 傾國傾城
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the recognition and praise given to someone for something that they did, which is more appropriate to use for small bits of work.
用法: E.g. A: 佢食一啖話好難食，我嬲嬲地成個蛋掉撚咗。個時我中二，不過我而家自己開鋪賣蛋糕。B: 可能就係咁造就你而家做得咁出色 A:又要比返credit佢？我意思係人哋點踩你都好（even最親嘅人）(E.g. A: He took a bite and said it tasted bad. Then I threw away the whole cake angrily. I was in secondary two at that time. However, I now run my own shop selling cakes. B: Maybe that's why you're so successful now. A: And I have to give him credit? I mean it doesn’t matter how people step on you (even your closest ones).)
同義詞: 功勞
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: An irreplaceable code-mixing term meaning to deliver a speech, as saying the Cantonese equivalent term '匯報' would sound too old school and non-colloquial.
用法: E.g. 你幾時要present呀？ E.g. 今次份assignment難唔難present呀？
參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers when they don’t want to tell somebody directly that they are really f***ing stupid. Even though it looks like a westernised expression, it has a similar pronunciation as '好撚笨柒' in Cantonese, which means 'very f***ing stupid penis'.
用法: A: 有人話我係"荷蘭銀行支票", 何解??? B: HOLLAND BANK CHEQUE~自己讀~
同義詞: 好撚笨柒
參考: https://m.discuss.com.hk/index.php?action=thread&tid=9184515
定義: Pronounced as 'kaahn-taah' with a long back vowel and rising intonation, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a cashier's counter, information desk or service counter.
用法: E.g. 小弟係個賣game仔，話說我今日放飯果陣緊係出去食飯啦，咁個counter緊係冇人啦 (I'm a game seller, and of course I went out to have lunch during my lunch break today, so there was no one looking after the counter.)
同義詞: 收銀處; 客戶服務中心; 櫃檯
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/740067/page/1