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香港中英夾雜字典

當代粵英夾雜字典


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wet

定義: (verb) A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers love to use to refer to hanging out and having fun, especially in bars and clubs. 用法: E.g. 今晚諗住去邊到wet呀? E.g. 媽:比心機讀書。唔好成日掛住we we wet wet啦!同義詞: 蒲參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/624997/21句顯老潮語-好in-kai子聽到打冷震-m嘢-格格蕉蕉咩意思#media_id=6904876

blow water

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term that refers to chatting casually or bragging about something. 用法: E.g. 收皮啦!唔好再blow water!同義詞: 吹水參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/

act like a crab

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who is bragging about their achievements. (扮哂蟹 - baan6 saai3 haai5) 用法: E.g. A: Stop acting like a crab! You think you are better than me?!同義詞: 扮哂蟹參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-大頭蝦-big-head-prawn-language-hong-kong/

reservation

定義: A classy code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to arranging something for use at a later time, such as a table or room. 用法: E.g. 唔該可唔可以幫我make個reservation留兩張枱?(Excuse me, can you help me make a reservation for two tables?)同義詞: 預訂參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3981159/page/19

sing k

定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that refers to singing karaoke. 用法: E.g Gum man hui ng hui sing k? (今晚去唔去唱K?)同義詞: 唱卡啦OK

Skype

定義: Often pronounced as 'Skypy', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the instant messaging software 'Skype'. 用法: E.g. 你幾時得閒呀?我想用Skypy打比你呀。參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/633876/港式英語-19個英文字港人常讀錯-釘橋-cam錢-janet讀到似中文

job hunting

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to the activity of finding a job, which definitely sounds more fun, exciting and challenging than the Cantonese equivalent terms '求職' and '找工作'. 用法: E.g. A: 你搵到工嗎? B: 冇呀,我仲喺到job hunting。同義詞: 求職, 找工作參考: https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/1opsow8/job_hunting_socialising_in_hk/

finance

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use as a broader term to refer to a whole load of stuff related to managing money, assets, investments, borrowing and more. Sometimes, it is also used as another term for money, especially when the word money just sounds sensitive to a person. 用法: E.g. A: 你做咩行業? B: Finance. A: 咁係做銀行, 財務管理, 投資定係咩? (A: What industry do you work in? B: Finance. A: So do you work in bank, asset management, investment or what? E.g. 今餐有D貴。你有冇finance? (This meal is quite expensive. Do you have finance?)同義詞: 金融,財務,財政,資金 參考: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/金融学

revamp

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers often use to refer to changing something in order to improve or make it new again, such as a website. 用法: E.g. 個website做revamp要幾耐?同義詞: 翻新

soft

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to not being strict enough when managing people. Also, it often tends to depict a weakness in character by describing a person is not forceful or harsh enough. 用法: E.g. 同事話我太soft管唔到學生,我聽完好灰。(My colleague said I am too soft and cannot manage students like this. I felt very grey afterwards.)同義詞: 不嚴厲參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU-fcZMgjI7/ (使用手機版本)
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