香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Transliterated from '冇厘頭' meaning 'with no source', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that is used to describe something that makes no sense. It originated from a type of slapstick humour associated with Hong Kong popular culture in the late 20th century, most notably in Steven Chow's (周星馳) movies.

用法: E.g. I think this story is mo lei tau! But it gives me a very good laugh! (我覺得呢個故事簡直係冇厘頭！不過真係好搞笑！)

同義詞: 冇厘頭

參考: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_lei_tau

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by Hong Kong KOL Janice (janicewanwan) who is known for playing "Jayden’s mother" to emphasize the correctness of her teachings as a typical modern mom, which she says must be correct.

用法: E.g. 中英夾雜有助 children 盡快 pick up English。Mommy told you 嘅一定是 correct 的. (Chinese-English code-mixing aids children in picking up English more quickly. Whatever Mommy told you must be correct.)

同義詞: 媽媽告訴你

參考: https://www.hk01.com/即時娛樂/60339385/jayden之亂-中英夾雜潮文橫掃社交平台-諷刺港媽真實育兒方式?utm_campaign=native&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=01webshare#google_vignette

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person's emotional state that can be driven by an atmosphere or a person.

用法: E.g. 女朋友講完句野搞到我無晒mood (My girlfriend said something which made me lose my mood.)

同義詞: 心情

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/294607/page/3

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to leaving past memories behind so they can progress or continue in life.

用法: E.g. 被分手嘅大家係點move on? (How does everyone move on from a breakup?)

同義詞: 繼續前行

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2705628/page/6

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to someone who was born or grew up in a particular country, which Hong Kongers find it a lot more convenient to use than the Cantonese equivalent words because it requires much less linguistic effort.

用法: E.g. 你係唔係native speaker黎架？（講本國語既人） E.g. 你Ｄ英文係咪native架？（純正本土口音）

參考: https://www.studocu.com/hk/document/city-university-of-hong-kong/world-englishes/lecture-3-city-university-of-hong-kongen5714-world-englishes-and-the-social-context-of/20063922

定義: A code-mixing term that a Jayden Mami uses to refer to a more playful misbehaviour in a lighthearted way rather than describing a child genuinely bad and unmanageable that the Cantonese equivalent terms tend to denote.

用法: E.g. Jayden呀，唔好再咁naughty啦。你唔食菜，又唔飲湯，你唔會healthy架！(Jayden, don't be so naughty. If you don't eat vegetables and don't drink soup, you will not be healthy!)

同義詞: 曳；百厭

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/7397/

定義: Translated from ‘要咩有咩’ with ‘咩’ (what) having a similar sound utterance of a sheep, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that is said during Chinese New Year to wish someone they can get whatever they need.

用法: E.g. Gong Hei fat choi! I wish you need sheep have sheep this year!

同義詞: 要咩有咩

參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/12/kongish-a-new-language-of-hong-kongers/

定義: An idiom made popular by the toy product 'Need Son Ng Need Mum', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to the Chinese family tradition of favouring sons over daughters in carrying on a bloodline.

用法: E.g. A: Do you think you come from a traditional family? B: Yes! Need son ng need mum!

同義詞: 要仔唔要乸, 重男輕女

參考: https://www.threads.com/@apetoys/post/DNfCsgkP2qd/限量預訂嘩曱甴懷孕動物-要仔唔要乸-第六彈-小強系列need-son-ng-need-mum-small-strong-series全12款1隱藏款每盒都有男b

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a neutral and factual way of referring to interview feedback of disapproval.

用法: E.g. 今次interview既feedback都冇D咩negative野。(The interview feedback this time did not have anything negative.)

同義詞: 負面

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1058101/page/1

定義: (textspeak) Known as Martian language, this is a code-mixing phrase used by Hong Kong local students when they want to ask what another person is doing.

用法: E.g. nei joe mud? (What are you doing?)

同義詞: 你做乜?

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrQohDNJ9Gp/?img_index=3 (使用手機版本)