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Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to loosening up, taking a rest or relieving stress.
Usage: E.g. 平時做野咁大壓力，得閒就梗係要去relax吓啦！(We have so much stress from work every day. We should go and relax when we are free!)
Synonym: 放鬆; 休息一下; 減壓
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who is so stubborn that their neck is like leaning towards one side.
Usage: E.g. Listen to us for once! Don't be always so dead cow's one-sided neck la!
Synonym: 死牛一邊頸
Definition: 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.
Usage: 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".)
Synonym: fake咗
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3004954/page/2
Definition: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to cover a range of criteria in an exam such as a person's thought or perspective, process of thinking, mental attitude, reasoning path, etc. Sometimes, it may be a term short for critical thinking.
Usage: E.g. 考作文好睇你個thinking。(A writing exam really tests your thinking.)
Synonym: 諗法; 思路; 思考; 思想; 思維
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2517481/page/2
Definition: A noun-turned-adjective code-mixing term used to describe how charming or attractive a person is.
Usage: E.g. 喂，你覺得佢好ｃｈａｒｍ嗎？ E.g. 你今日著得好cｈａｒｍ喎。
Synonym: 有魅力
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the formal document sent by a seller to a buyer as a request for payment, which is be differentiated from a receipt.
Usage: E.g. 你俾完錢收到嘅果張係叫收據，係receipt，但啲大陸人係統一叫發票。(What you receive after payment should be called a receipt, but mainland Chinese people also refer to it as an invoice.)
Synonym: 發票; 請款單
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2808375/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kong university students love to use instead of '講座', which means a formal talk on a subject by a professor.
Usage: E.g. 其實上lecture根本浪費時間。
Synonym: 講座
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/475538/page/2
Definition: Sometimes said with a fist pump gesture, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to express absolute affirmation towards the feasibility of an idea.
Usage: E.g. 當然啦! 呢個idea絕對can啦! (Of course! This idea is absolutely feasible!)
Synonym: 可以, 可行
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to recommend a candidate for a vacant position.
Usage: E.g. 如果你識到朋友做呢行，可以refer佢比我地嗎？
Synonym: 推薦, 介紹
Reference: https://goop.ai/topic/2r3f/尋英文補習教學partner
Definition: A code-mixing term that is used instead of '典禮'.
Usage: E.g. 同學：個ceremony好耐呀，完未架？ 同學：你幾時去grad ceremony呀？ 你：我黎唔到個ceremony呀。
Synonym: 典禮