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Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to starting a fight.
Usage: E.g. This is a school! Don't start a film here!Synonym: 開片
Definition: A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to hitting a ball towards the ground forcefully in tennis, which not only feels good when defeating someone with such a gesture, but also it sort of gives the person a feeling of breaking something into pieces.
Usage: E.g. 咁勁？！今次我要smash返你！(So powerful?! I'm going to smash you back!)Synonym: 殺球Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3898753/page/7
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong teachers love to use to imply to students that there is some standard to adhere to or duty to be taken for the task given to them, rather than something that requires much effort as the Cantonese phrase ‘功課‘ denotes.
Usage: E.g. 記住assignment要自己做，唔好抄人地或用AI。(Remember that you must do the assignment by yourself, and not copy others or use AI.)Synonym: 功課Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/1883876/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to a programmer or developer especially if they are one themselves because it makes them sound like a profession.
Usage: E.g. A: 你做咩IT行業? 寫program嗰D? B: 唔係。我係engineer。(What kind of IT industry are you from? Are you a programmer? B: No, I am an engineer.)Synonym: 工程師Reference: https://tecky.io/zh_Hant/blog/Programmer-分多少種-2022-23/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to someone who is silly and stupid. ie. An imbecile.
Usage: E.g. 唔好成日咁KAI喺到亂咁嗌啦！你係低能定係白痴架？！
E.g. Don't be so kai yelling all the time! Are you low b or an idiot?
Definition: Often said with an extra 'you' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to make sure that the other person really gets the thank you message. Sometimes, it is uttered as 'fank q' or 'fank q you', especially by the grassroots class Hong Kongers.
Usage: E.g. 今次搬屋真係好thank you你呀！
E.g. 恭喜發財！*逗利是* Thank you你呀！
E.g. 朋友：尋日嗰五舊水還返比你。 你：Fank q你呀！Synonym: 多謝Reference: https://www.gotrip.hk/網絡熱話/一句英文分辨港人身份-ctb12-652218/3/
Definition: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing phrase that is used to ask someone whether they know something.
Usage: E.g. A: Nei g ng g kui hui jor bin? B: Ng g. (A: 你知唔知佢去左邊? B: 唔知。)Synonym: 知唔知
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