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Definition: Originated from business emails and often said without a ‘to’ at the end, this is a code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers would use in non-business settings when they really anticipate the happening of an event.
Usage: E.g. 我好look forward今餐會食咩。(I really look forward to what I will be eating for this meal.)
E.g. 我好look forward今次既足球比賽。(I really look forward to this football match.)Synonym: 期待Reference: https://graduate.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/42024/lookforwardto點用-後面動詞需要加ing-與lookingforwardto有甚差別-用法-例句
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who only knows how to eat rice and nothing else. ie. A useless person.
Usage: E.g. He is so useless like a rice bucket!Synonym: 飯桶
Definition: (adj.) A euphemistic way of saying 'cheap' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 喂,你唔洗咁cheap嘛?
E.g. 你正cheap精黎架!
E.g. Cheap到咁樣,我真係第一次見。
Definition: A word used by Hong Kong people to express absolute affirmation, which is comparable to 'Bingo!'
Usage: E.g. 係喇,係喇。Exactly!
E.g. 岩喇!呢個就係我exactly想講既野。
E.g. 我唔係太get你exactly想講咩。
Definition: 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.
Usage: E.g. The girls in this club are so fall country fall city!Synonym: 傾國傾城
Definition: A code-mixing term used by real ABCs in Hong Kong to refer to an Asian who speaks English. Ie. Yellow on the outside and white on the inside. (香蕉)
Usage: E.g. I am not a banana! I know how to speak Chinese!Synonym: 香蕉
Definition: An abbreviated code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to following someone on social media.
Usage: E.g. 你fo左我IG未?快D fo啦!