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定義: A code-mixing term used by the upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the Italian luxury brand. However, the grassroots Hong Kongers pronounce it as '飛甩雞毛', which means the chicken dropping its feathers.
用法: E.g. Ａ：你著緊咩牌子？飛甩雞毛？Ｂ：係Ferragamo呀。
同義詞: 飛甩雞毛
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to tell somebody to hurry up, which is similar to the phrase 'chop chop' in English. (Also see 'la la lum')
用法: E.g. Ja ja lum go to school now or you will miss the bus! Eg. Finish your homework! Ja ja lum la!
同義詞: 咋咋臨
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to get someone to hurry up, which is similar to the phrase 'chop chop' in English. (Also see 'ja ja lum'.)
用法: E.g. La la lum get your homework done! E.g. Leave now or you'll miss the train! La la lum la!
同義詞: 嗱嗱臨
定義: A tag-switching phrase overused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to create a western appeal.
用法: E.g. Oh my God!今日咁曬我都唔記得帶suncream呀！ E.g. Oh my God!我從來都未買過件dress係咁靚架！
參考: https://travel.ulifestyle.com.hk/news/detail/12179/明明無r音都要捲舌-5大令人頂唔順的偽abc特徵/1
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong salesman love to use as a strategy to advertise their products without sounding like they're doing it for the sake of spreading the word or selling their product.
用法: E.g. 我地公司兒家做緊promotion。你唔買就走寶喇喂。(Our company is now doing promotion. If you don't buy, you'll miss out.)
同義詞: 宣傳，推廣
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong celebrity tutors to refer to a collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal.
用法: E.g. 狀元培育向來都是team work. （Nurturing top scorers has always been team work.)
同義詞: 團體合作
參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRGmhTQjT1N/?igsh=NWtoNHZ6OGRyOW8x (使用手機版本)
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the school that a person had graduated from. However, working class and grassroots Hong Kongers may know this term but not use it because it sounds too Latin than English. Hence, they find ‘mother school’ is more sensible and practical to use.
用法: E.g. 你既alma mater係邊間學校？
同義詞: 母校, mother school
參考: https://youtube.com/shorts/Br8CWgYQNak?si=aFaIMvdv2YSnCxvh
定義: 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.
用法: 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.)
同義詞: 功課
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1883876/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to '功課'.
用法: E.g. 喂，聽日交assignment呀，仲係到做咩呀？！ E.g. 呢份assignment可以借黎參考嗎？
同義詞: 功課
參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the computer file that is sent along with an email message.
用法: E.g. 我搵唔到你個email既attachment。可以再send多次嗎？
同義詞: 附件
參考: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail/20052582/香港職場30個中英夾雜用語-內地網民-自己會粵語也聽不懂/1