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定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to a small wireless unit that is plugged into a computer’s USB port for receiving signals for a keyboard or mouse.
用法: E.g. 有冇見過我個receiver? 我好似唔見左。同義詞: 接收器
定義: A code-mixing term that the Hong Kong celebrity '肥媽' like to use to refer to enjoying oneself on the stage by shaking along music or rhythm.
用法: E.g. 上到舞台一定要unjoy!
定義: A code-mixing term used by the upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the espresso-based coffee made with steamed milk because the Cantonese equivalent '意大利泡沫咖啡' is too sophisticated to say.
用法: E.g. A:我平時最鍾意飲意大利泡沫咖啡。香港人:你指cappucino?同義詞: 意大利泡沫咖啡
定義: Pronounced as 'call-lee' with a rising tone on the second syllable, this code-mixing term is used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the English word 'qualification'. Often used together with the word 'show' to mean 'show off'.
用法: E.g. 你冇qualie就唔好係到扮哂野啦。
E.g. 你唔好係到掛住show qualie啦,兄弟。
E.g. 睇唔出你咁有qualie喎。
定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a distinctive characteristic by which someone or something can be identified.
用法: E.g. 中英夾雜絕對係香港人signature。
E.g. 呢碟菜就係呢間餐廳既signature。同義詞: 標誌,招牌菜參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: A generic term for a number of equivalent Cantonese words used to avoid absolute certainty.
用法: E.g. 件貨suppose今日到。(預期-expectedly/predictably)
E.g. 我suppose你係岩既。 (假設-guess)
E.g. 警察係suppose要保護市民。 (應該-should)
定義: A code-mixing term meaning to replay or do something over and over again. (verb)
用法: E.g. 喂,就算首歌好正都唔洗狂loop嘛?
E.g. 知道你大學畢業英文勁喇。唔洗成日loop比我聽嘛?
定義: A code-mixing term used to mean fashionable and attractive. However, it can also refer to being snobby sometimes.
用法: E.g. 哇,你載左太陽眼鏡好cool呀。
E.g. 唔好成日係到扮cool啦。你以為你自己好型咩?參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: Often pronounced with a long vowel 'feet', this is a code-mixing term that is more appropriate to use when describing someone in good shape.
用法: E.g. 男仔:哇,你身材幾好喎。女仔:咸濕仔!
E.g. 男仔:哇,你身材好標準喎。女仔:死咸濕仔!
E.g. 男仔:哇,你好fit喎。女仔:多謝。