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定義: Often pronounced in two syllables as 'shu-ah' and used with ‘唔‘ (not), this is a cool sounding code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they want to express absolute uncertainty over a subject matter in an informal setting.
用法: E.g. 佢係唔係好叻？我唔sure。(Is he really smart? I am not sure.)
E.g. 今日會唔會落雨？我唔sure。(Will it rain today? I am not sure.)
E.g. 佢阿媽係唔係女人？我唔sure。(Is his mom a woman? I am not sure.)同義詞: 肯定參考: https://www.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=30817621
定義: A code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to refer to '靚', which describes something as beautiful or good-looking.
用法: E.g. No, but seriously it’s really lang, you are the one who said hou ce right?參考: http://www.lingref.com/isb/4/039ISB4.PDF
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of '炫耀', which sounds too formal to be used in conversation. Also used as 'show qualie' sometimes.
用法: E.g. 唔好成日係到show off啦。知道你勁喇。E.g. 成日講野都夾雜英文。你喺到show qualie呀？
定義: A chique sounding code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to going on a trip without quite knowing the particular destination.
用法: E.g. A: 今次假期又去邊到呀? B: 唔知呀，我鍾意去呢到travel吓，又去嗰到travel吓，總之去到邊就邊囉。(A: Where will you go this holiday? B: I don't know. I just like to travel here and travel there, just wherever I travel then where I go.)同義詞: 旅遊
定義: Often pronounced as '波士', this is a more polite sounding code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to '老闆', especially when working in a corporate company.
用法: E.g. 做波士就好啦。我地呢班打工仔一世做奴隸。參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to describe going on a trip by oneself without sounding so alone or single.
用法: E.g. 放假時我比較鍾意solo trip，因為咩都唔洗煩。(I like going on solo trips during holiday because I don't need to bother with anything else.)同義詞: 單獨旅行, 獨旅參考: https://www.elle.com.hk/life/solo-trip
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the language channel that one is speaking in.
用法: E.g. 做咩成日轉channel講英文呀？你喺到扮ABC呀？
E.g. 咪住。等我轉一轉channel講返中文先。
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