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10 個隨機詞彙，共 852 個結果
定義: Translated from the punning of ‘粟米肉粒飯’ (shuk mai yuk lup fan), this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to a rice dish with creamed corn and pork served in Hong Kong Cha Chaan Tang restaurants.
用法: E.g. Excuse me, may I have a ‘show me your love rice’?
同義詞: 粟米肉粒飯
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/12/kongish-a-new-language-of-hong-kongers/
定義: An ultra convenient code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to registering your arrival at a place like a hotel or airport, as the Cantonese equivalent '辦理入住手續' sounds too long and verbose.
用法: E.g. 快D check in左先啦，至後再慢慢搵野食。
參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf
定義: Originated from the Cantonese movie 'Night King' starring Dayo Wong, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kong actress Kay Choi who played the role of a nightclub lady and used it as her name, which was somewhat translated from the place Kwai Fong in Hong Kong.
用法: E.g. 我叫Franchesca！今年19歲半，四捨五入都係 19 歲，嚟自香港葵芳。(I am Franchesca. I am 19 and a half years old, or 19 if rounded down. I come from Kwai Fong in Hong Kong.)
同義詞: 葵芳
定義: A code-mixing term used to mean fashionable and attractive. However, it can also refer to being snobby sometimes.
用法: E.g. 哇，你載左太陽眼鏡好cool呀。 E.g. 唔好成日係到扮cool啦。你以為你自己好型咩？
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe working for a job while looking for a better one. (騎牛搵馬 - ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5)
用法: E.g. Look for a job first! You can always ride an ox while looking for a horse!
同義詞: 騎牛搵馬
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,139574,139575
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a job position that covers almost all the duties that an entire department has.
用法: E.g. 我份工係one man band，所以都幾忙架。
同義詞: 一腳踢
參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/一腳踢
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who sleeps very late and doesn't wake up early. Similar to 'night owl' in English. (夜貓/夜鬼)
用法: E.g. Maintain good health by sleeping early! Don't be a night cat / night ghost!
同義詞: 夜貓/夜鬼
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/55996/
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to socialising with people when they are too tired of '應酬' in Cantonese where one is eating, drinking or entertaining clients for the sake of establishing business relations.
用法: E.g. 曾經諗過改 逼自己扮social 但最後發現乜都唔理做番自己最舒服 唔洗夾硬逼自己扮哂野去應酬人 (I once thought about forcing myself to pretend to be social, but in the end I found that I didn't need to care about anything but being myself was the most comfortable. I didn't have to force myself to pretend to be social to entertain people.)
同義詞: 應酬
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/310048/page/3
定義: Originated from sports and often used with a ‘咗’ in Cantonese denoting past tense, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to deceiving someone with a posture or misinformation rather than something like a fraud or scam, even though it can be serious at times causing real inconvenience to people.
用法: E.g. 俾 "轉工要趁後生" 呢句嘢fake咗 (I got misled by the saying "Take the opportunity to change jobs while we are young".)
同義詞: fake咗
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3004954/page/2
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to being annoying and persistent in asking people what you want from them, which they may find unpleasant sometimes.
用法: E.g. 要做成一件事, 我經常會話, 係要夠煩, 要有少少pushy, 要真係問人攞。你既企圖心要夠擔, 夠明顯。無論係愛情, 定係講緊事業, 定係講緊銷售, 定係講緊生意, 有時候要夠煩。(In order to succeed in doing something, I always say that one must be annoying, a little pushy, and be really willing to ask people what you want. You must have a strong and clear ambition. No matter it is love, career, being a salesman or doing business, you have got to be annoying sometimes.)
同義詞: 糾纏不休