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定義: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to '噱頭'.
用法: E.g. 你有沒有留意樓下那家coffee shop最近常做promotion,我覺得滿有gimmick
同義詞: 噱頭
參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/港人中英夾雜有規律-網友-太神奇-020000181.html
定義: A euphemistic way of saying to somebody that you want to teach them a lesson or show them what you've got. (比D顏色你睇)
用法: E.g. 咁寸?! Let me give you some color see see!
同義詞: 比D顏色你睇
定義: An Englishised code-mixing phrase that refers to someone who disappeared for a long time and no one knows where they went.
用法: E.g. I will be blacklisting this guy who promised to attend the conference but went scuba diving!
同義詞: 潛水
定義: Known as Kongish and originated from a story where a man used to lure children by promising to buy them goldfish, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to a paedophile. (金魚佬)
用法: E.g. Stop buying me chocolate and lure me like a goldish man!
同義詞: 金魚佬
定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong expats use to wish someone prosperous and good fortune during Chinese New Year. Sometimes , it may be mistaken as 'Happy new year' by non-Cantonese speaking expats, even though there is nothing really wrong with saying it to people excessively. (Variant: Kung hei fat choi)
用法: E.g. Happy Chinese New Year! Gong hei fat choi! Gong hei fat choi!
同義詞: 恭喜發財
定義: A code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong local teachers must say at the beginning of every class in order for students to stop chatting.
用法: E.g. Miss Cheung: Good morning class! Entire class: "Good morning Miss Cheung."
同義詞: 早安,同學們
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/348088/page/1
定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to something of the best quality.
用法: E.g. 2000FUN討論區是香港最「Goodest」。
同義詞: 最好,best
參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/Goodest
定義: A shortened code-mixing term that refers to the verb 'graduate'. Sometimes, it is used as a noun.
用法: E.g. 同學:你唔係怕grad唔到呀嗎? 同事:你做左幾年野?。你:我係fresh grad黎架。
參考: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch
定義: Often pronounced as 'grandma', this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to the set of rules that define the structure of a language, which can be difficult and annoying sometimes like a grandma.
用法: E.g. 今次考試要考埋英文grammar。真係好麻煩呀!(The exam will also cover English grammar this time. So frigging annoying!)
同義詞: 語法
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3389792/page/1
定義: (textspeak) Transliterated from ‘緊‘, this is a Kongish code-mixing term that is added to the end of verbs to denote the sense of ongoing, just like the ‘ing’ in English as in ‘doing’.
用法: E.g. Nei jo gun d meh ar? (你做緊d咩呀?) E.g. Ngo sik gun farn ah. (我食緊飯呀)
同義詞: 緊
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/