香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students when they want to pause and think how to answer a question, even though it doesn't necessarily imply their ignorance.

用法: E.g. 唔識答就話that’s a very good question, 然後帶佢遊花園 (If you don't know how to answer, just say that's a very good question. Then beat around the bush.)

同義詞: 問得好

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2767347/page/3

定義: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is advanced in technology.  There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野，Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition.

用法: E.g. 哇，張枱有自動升降好high tech呀。

參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to ‘out of syllabus’, which is used by local school students in Hong Kong.

用法: Past paper條題目out c左。

同義詞: 非考試範圍

定義: (verb) This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a deadline for task.

用法: E.g. 同事：份report幾時dead呀？ 上司：今日dead左喇！仲喺到問！

參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a milder way of calling someone a newbie or referring to someone who is new or inexperienced at something.

用法: E.g. 上次份banking工有feedback話我太green，想問我有無興趣去compliance到做。(There was feedback from my last banking job saying that I was too green, and they asked me whether I had an interest to work in compliance.)

同義詞: 新手; 缺乏經驗

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3981656/page/39

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to one's limit of something, such as how much food one can eat.

用法: E.g. 食野要有quota，尤其係生野。 E.g. 我望手機有quota，因為我始終年紀大。

參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/

定義: A more neutral-sounding term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to '購物' or '買野', which signify the commitment to buying things.

用法: E.g. 女朋友：我地聽日去商場啦。男朋友：吓？又買野？！女朋友：唔係呀。去shopping咋嘛。 E.g. 女朋友：我地聽日去shopping啦。男朋友：又買野？！女朋友：去window shopping咋嘛。

參考: https://www.academia.edu/1177618/Cantonese_English_code_switching_research_in_Hong_Kong_A_survey_of_recent_research

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: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe a situation where there is a scene or fight going on between people, and you are just excited to watch what will happen as a bystander. '食住花生等睇戲' can be shortened to '食花生' sometimes.

用法: E.g. I have never seen people argue like this over Whatsapp! Let's eat peanuts while waiting to watch a film!

同義詞: 食住花生等睇戲

參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms

定義: A romanised code-mixing term used by Hong Kong expats to describe something as delicious or very yummy.

用法: E.g. If you want to say something is delicious in Cantonese, you need to say 'ho sik'. The Jyutping for this is hou2 sik6. The 'sick' needs to be a low sixth tone.

同義詞: 好食

參考: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wAqzV4KgPZA