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香港中英夾雜字典

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bonus

定義: A chic-sounding code-mixing term that refers to year-end bonus (花紅) in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 你間公司今個年尾有bonus嗎?同義詞: 花紅參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf

struggle

定義: (verb/adj.) A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a less intense emotional state due to trivial matters. 用法: E.g. 好Struggle買唔買ps5。 (Really struggling on whether to buy Playstation 5.) E.g. 我仲struggle緊今晚食D咩好。(I'm still struggling on what to eat tonight.)同義詞: 掙扎參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3519800/page/1

hesitate

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to having a brief pause before acting rather than being so indecisive and not knowing what to do. 用法: E.g. 我都覺小貴,所以hesitate緊。不過真係好靚。(I think it's a bit expensive so I am hesitating. But it's really beautiful.)同義詞: 猶豫參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3167329/page/27

Fan Tai Sui

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a year where one’s Chinese zodiac offends or clashes with the God of Tai Sui, which means the fortune of the year will not be as smooth as others. 用法: I was born in the year of the snake and I am fan tai sui this year! Let’s go to the temple to pray for protection and peace!同義詞: 犯太歲參考: https://chinesenewyear.net/zodiac/tai-sui/

sell

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to an exchange of goods or services for money, but often with an extra service of persuading and pushing the customer to buy something they don't want to buy at all. 用法: E.g. 個sales明明係sell野但係又講到唔係。(The salesperson was actually selling and pitching his product but he said he wasn't.)同義詞: 賣野; 推廣 參考: https://www.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=27464402

m

定義: A euphemistic code-mixing term that refers to 'menstruation' in English.  However, it is also used as 'M記' to refer to McDonald\'s. 用法: E.g. 唔好話我聽兒家先黎M麻? E.g. 今次真係M到阿媽都唔認得喇!E.g. 今日又食M記?唔好喇掛!

toilet

定義: A euphemistic code-mixing term that refers to the same item ‘廁所’ in Cantonese. 用法: E.g. 老師,唔該可唔可以去toilet呀? E.g. 咁多位,我去一去toilet先。參考: https://sites.google.com/site/hongkonglinguistics/Downhome/language-contact-in-hong-kong/cantonese-englishintra-sententialcode-switchinginhongkong

enjoy

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to taking pleasure from doing something. Sometimes, it can also be used intransitively as a verb to describe a state of mind where one is having a good time. 用法: E.g. 每次暴雨或者打風,唔知點解我都好enjoy。(Whenever there is heavy rain or typhoon, I don't know why I really enjoy it.)同義詞: 享受參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3973322/page/1

afford

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to having enough money to buy something without indicating one's ability to cope with such burden. 用法: E.g. 點解要鍾意自己 afford 唔起嘅 luxury? (Why love luxury that you can't afford?)同義詞: 負擔得起; 買得起參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DP3vop4Epm7/ (使用手機版本)

double click

定義: A trendy-sounding code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to pressing twice on a mouse or touchpad quickly and gently. 用法: E.g. 我點樣 fix 我嘅滑鼠每次想 click 一下嘅時候,都會 double click 呢?(How can I fix my mouse? Whenever I click it, it clicks twice?)同義詞: 雙擊參考: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/u21xlf/how_do_i_fix_my_mouse_double_clicking_whenever_i/?tl=zh-hant
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