10 random words out of 622 results
Definition: Pronounced as 'tee-suu', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers have grown up with and got used to instead of the equivalent term in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 請問有冇tissue呀？。E.g. 唔該比張tissue黎呀，唔該。
Definition: A code-mixing term that is more appropriate to use than the equivalent term (培訓）in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 你新黎既話，公司係會有training比你。
E.g. A：我今晚要培訓呀。B：吓？你陪邊個呀？！(陪訓）Reference: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
Definition: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term that refers to 'together' in English.
Usage: E.g. Nei zi chin mai wah seung do new pt, my frd arm arm told me kui find gun ppl, go tgt oj ng oj? (你之前咪話想做新Part Time，我朋友同我講佢搵緊人，一齊去好唔好？)Synonym: togetherReference: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/283411/大學生打字用火星文-10句港式英文拼音大挑戰-測試你識幾多
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who is useless and is a waste of money to raise him or her up. (食濕米 or 食塞米)
Usage: E.g. You cannot get anything done at all today? Do you eat wet rice? (你係咪食塞米?)Synonym: 食濕米, 食塞米Reference: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/%E9%A3%9F%E5%A1%9E%E7%B1%B3
Definition: Pronounced as 'serfaah', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a computer server in IT.
Usage: E.g. 個server整好未呀？冇理由down左咁耐架？Synonym: 服務器
Definition: Derived from the internet slang 'laugh out loud'. this is a cliche code-mixing term that has grown out of the textspeak medium into human speech. As opposed to 'lol' being such an overused term on the internet where the meaning is often not that literal, the term is used by westernised Hong Kongers to really mean laugh out loud.
Usage: E.g. 睇完套戲真係lol左。(I really laughed out loud after watching the movie!)Synonym: 大聲笑, 撈
Definition: Often added after '一定', this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to being absolutely certain that you will win, like in a bet or game.
Usage: E.g. 今次D牌咁靚，一定sure win啦！
E.g. 你咁有學歷同咁smart，面試一定sure win啦！Synonym: 必勝Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/61304/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong parents when they want to train their kids to be more well-behaved and organised without sounding so harsh and verbose.
Usage: E.g. 你今次考試考到咁低分。以後要discipline啲去溫書，知唔知？！(You got such a low mark in the exam this time. From now on, you should have more discipline to study, understand?)Synonym: 有紀律
