香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Derived from the Chinese term '內卷' and often translated as 'involution', this is an Englishised code-mixing term that describes an economic situation where excessive competition does not lead to development and innovation. This may lead to people feeling stressed, anxious, and trapped, as the two characters mean 'inside rolling'.

用法: E.g. I'm stuck in the rat race! I'm so tired of competing with everyone just to climb the career ladder!

同義詞: 內卷

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjTg1G8rpVc

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to an office's tea area with a whole bunch of facilities such as a sink, fridge, microwave oven and much more.

用法: E.g. A: 見過最癲嘅公司pantry有啲咩？B: 罐裝汽水，果汁，咖啡任飲，十幾款薯片，餅乾，果仁任食，沙律任食，杯麵任食。C: 老鼠 (A: What are the craziest things you have ever seen in a company's pantry? B: Canned soda, juice, all-you-can-drink coffee, a dozen chips, biscuits, all-you-can-eat nuts, all-you-can-eat salad, all-you-can-eat cup noodles. C: Rats)

同義詞: 茶水間; 食品貯藏室

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2166431/page/1

定義: Originated from ‘sayonara’, this is a code-mixing term used by grassroots Hong Kongers who like to show off their limited Japanese language knowledge when they play with kids who are into Japanese anime.

用法: E.g. 下次再同你玩過。Sayunana!

同義詞: sayonara, 拜拜

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3743607/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to recommend a candidate for a vacant position.

用法: E.g. 如果你識到朋友做呢行，可以refer佢比我地嗎？

同義詞: 推薦, 介紹

參考: https://goop.ai/topic/2r3f/尋英文補習教學partner

定義: A fancy way of saying 'so' or 'therefore' in Cantonese and to tone down the causal relationship between two items.

用法: E.g. 係喇，你都冇同我講。That’s why我今次冇預到你份。 E.g. 你都冇比錢我。That's why我冇幫你買戲飛。

定義: Usually placed at the start of a clause or sentence, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to replace the phrase '無論如何', meaning 'no matter what' in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 我知你好忙，但anyhow，你一定要幫我。

同義詞: 點都好

定義: Often said with a rising intonation on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Konger badminton coaches like to use to refer to the exact point in time of something because the Cantonese equivalent ‘時機’ somehow sounds less accurate.

用法: E.g. 描準個ball，睇好個timing打落去，咁先得架嘛。(Aim at the ball, watch for the right timing and hit it. You got it?)

同義詞: 時機

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to '功課'.

用法: E.g. 喂，聽日交assignment呀，仲係到做咩呀？！ E.g. 呢份assignment可以借黎參考嗎？

同義詞: 功課

參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf

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

用法: E.g. 連得到個database未? 定係connect唔到呢?

同義詞: 資料庫

定義: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is very unadvanced in technology.  There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野，Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition. '撈' refers to '有得撈', which means you can earn a living.

用法: E.g. 今時今日唔可以再咁low tech架喇。快D買返部智能手機啦。

參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf