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Definition: A chic way of saying the word 'feel' in Cantonese, in order to avoid sounding old-fashioned.
Usage: E.g. 晨早樓樓係到食薯片，好唔岩ｆｅｅｌ喎。(noun) E.g. 喂，你今日著成咁，好ＭＫｆｅｅｌ喎。 (noun) E.g. 我ｆｅｅｌ到佢對我有意思。(verb) E.g. 我對你已經冇哂ｆｅｅｌ喇。 (noun)
Reference: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch
Definition: To reserve something, such as an appointment or place, without sounding like it's a date.
Usage: E.g. 請問你幫我book左個appointment未? E.g. 聽日book左枱未呀？（訂枱）
Synonym: 訂; 約
Reference: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf
Definition: (textspeak) Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a trap or something of an inferior quality, which is comparable to the word 'dodgy' in English.
Usage: E.g. This job is not what I thought! So fuk!
Synonym: 伏
Reference: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now?utm_campaign=likeshopme&utm_medium=instagram&utm_source=dash+hudson&utm_content=www.instagra (use mobile version)
Definition: A Kongish code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to emphasize how crowded and jam-packed a place is.
Usage: E.g. 同事：今日搭車返工多唔多人呀？ 你：多呀，可以話係ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｓｅａ呀。 E.g. 你：哇，人山人海呀！朋友：簡直係ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｓｅａ啦！
Definition: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by foreigners when they come across a local Hong Konger who thinks they know how to speak Cantonese. Literal meaning: I don't know how to speak Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. Foreigner: Mm goi sai! Dor jeh! Hong Konger: Wow, your Cantonese is so good! Foreigner: Ngo mm sik gong gwong dong wa.
Synonym: 我唔識講廣東話
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they want to send somebody away formally and politely, even though at times they may not be taking the other person seriously.
Usage: E.g. *打斷* 我地傾左咁耐，不如就喺到dismiss啦? (*interrupt* We have been talking for so long. What about dismiss here?)
Synonym: 解散
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2842244/page/13
Definition: 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.
Usage: 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.)
Synonym: 旅遊
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the total amount of something, such as for goods and services.
Usage: E.g. 呢到total幾多錢呀?
Synonym: 總共
Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use as a more natural way to ask for another person's phone number.
Usage: E.g. 就快last day, 點拎個女同事contact好? (My last day is coming soon. What's the best way to get a female colleague's contact details?)
Synonym: 聯絡資料
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/789285/page/1
Definition: Derived from '一舊舊' meaning 'in lumps', this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to someone talking in an unclear, broken manner. Sometimes, it can also refer to work being done in a sloppy way.
Usage: E.g. 最後功能就係開會叫晒啲落手做既同business owner黎自己傾，自己就成個文員咁係側邊mark notes，有啲廢pm就連呢part都做到1999要人事後叫佢改 (E.g. The last useful thing they would do is to hold a meeting that lets the workers and business owners to talk to each other, and the project manager would just be like a clerk marking notes at the side. Some crappy project managers would even do this part in a very sloppy way that people needed to tell them to revise it afterwards.)
Synonym: 一舊舊
Reference: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-internet-and-texting-slang-to-use-right-now