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Definition: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to emphasize the zero mark they got in a test or exam, which they like to honour themselves with because not only a chicken egg has the shape of the zero number, but also it has become a friendly treat that they are used to eating all the time.
Usage: E.g. Oh no! I got a zero chicken egg in my exam again!Synonym: 零雞蛋Reference: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/零雞蛋
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong companies like to use to refer to sessions they provide for employees to equip them with skills, which may or may not be full of actions such as teaching, instructing and nurturing as the -ing term suggests.
Usage: E.g. 吓？你講完一兩句野就當係training？！(What? You just gave a short talk and called this 'training'?!)Synonym: 訓練, 培訓Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/700190/page/9
Definition: (textspeak) Derived from '狗噏' meaning 'dog uttering', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to talking non-sense, like bullsh*t. It is also often pronounced as '鳩噏' as a vulgar expression.
Usage: E.g. Stop 9up and bragging about your achievements all the time! (唔好成日喺到鳩噏車大炮啦!)Synonym: 狗噏, 鳩噏Reference: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/9up
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。
Definition: A convenient English phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid going into negative detail about someone who does not understand you.
Usage: E.g. 朋友: 喂，你講野好唔make sense喎。你：真的嗎？
E.g. 我覺得你講野make sense，不過我唔係太明。
E.g. 你講野都唔make sense，廢鬼事再聽你講。
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 meaning to further oneself's studies.
Usage: E.g. 做人要不斷upgrade自己先夠充實架嘛。
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