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Definition: Often pronounced with a long vowel 'feet', this is a code-mixing term that is more appropriate to use when describing someone in good shape.
Usage: E.g. 男仔：哇，你身材幾好喎。女仔：咸濕仔！
E.g. 男仔：哇，你身材好標準喎。女仔：死咸濕仔！
E.g. 男仔：哇，你好fit喎。女仔：多謝。
Definition: A code-mixing term that real ABC's like to use to show that they are always glad to do a favour for someone.
Usage: E.g. Sure！No problem！拜托喺我身上啦。
E.g. Sure！我同你去Starbucks買杯咖啡啦。
E.g. Sure！我幫你比住錢先啦。
Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe people who are really just minding their own business but not necessarily alone or single.
Usage: E.g. 呢間bar啲人點呀？係唔係個個都好individual咁樣呀？ (How are the people in this bar? Are they all really just minding their own business?)Synonym: 單獨Reference: https://www.threads.com/@matthew_lam1116/post/DAcSyqdScem?hl=zh-hk
Definition: Derived from 'monitor', this is a highly efficient use of one's eyes to keep track of the progress of somebody or something. Sometimes, even without the use of one's eyes.
Usage: E.g. 喂，我咪喺度做緊野囉。你唔洗成日喺度mon住我嘛！
E.g. 你：喂，大佬。你唔洗成日打電話黎mon住我嘛？！！對方：大佬？！你邊隻眼見到我mon住你呀？！！
E.g. Ｄ股市跳得咁勁要成日搵人mon住先得架。
Definition: Originated from the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla, this is a code-mixing term used by Gen Z westernised Hong Kongers when they want to say 'I don't know' or refer to something 'so-so' as a rating. Sometimes, it may have no meaning at all, even when the person is juggling both hands up and down excitedly. Coincidently, six seven looks similar to the Cantonese expression '碌柒', which has the literal meaning of 'a stick of dick' and refers to an idiot.
Usage: E.g. A: How was the movie? B: Six seven. *Hands juggling up and down* (So-so.)
E.g. A: What is the answer to this question? B: Six seven! (I don't f***ing know.)Synonym: 唔撚知, 係喇掛Reference: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQbVj-KkvEX/?hl=en (use mobile version)
Definition: Often described as comparable to the English level of a primary school chicken, this is a code-mixing phrase used by the Hong Kong celebrity Stephy Tang (鄧麗欣) to express sincere gratitude towards other people.
Usage: E.g. Reporter: Tell me what you are wearing. Stephy: This is Vivienne Westwood. So I am very happy they give me that dress from England. So I am very thanks them.Synonym: 我係好多謝佢地Reference: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/鄧麗欣
Definition: Pronounced as 'shalup', this is a code-mixing term used to tell somebody to shut up immediately.
Usage: E.g. 好鬼嘈呀！快D shalup啦！
E.g. 同學：Shalup！老師就快到喇！Synonym: 收聲
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a man who relies on his wife or girlfriend to sustain a living.
Usage: E.g. Be a real man and stop eating soft rice!Synonym: 食軟飯
Definition: A code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to refer to the kind of lawyer occupation that mostly deals with documents but actually goes to court proceedings at times.
Usage: E.g. A: 你係咪做solicitor? 咁咪唔洗上court? B: 都要上court架，少啲咋麻。(A: Are you a solictor? Does that mean you don't need to go to court? B: I need to go to court, but relatively less.)Synonym: 事務律師Reference: https://cph-legal.com/2022/03/how-to-ace-a-job-interview-at-a-law-firm/
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