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香港中英夾雜字典

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handle

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use when talking about work, as the Cantonese equivalent terms may denote a higher responsibility. 用法: E.g. 呢件事你handle可以嗎?(處理) E.g. 咁多功課hand唔handle到呀?(應付) E.g. 公司既財政邊個handle架?(負責)

cut

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to hanging up the phone. 用法: E.g. 又cut我電話?咩事呀? E.g. 呢D sales再打黎cut佢線得架喇。參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644

facial

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to getting a facial treatment. 用法: E.g. 日日做facial塊面先至靚架麻。 E.g. 做緊facial咪鬼打黎啦。參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk

puppy love

定義: An irreplaceable code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the kind of love relationship that one can get while being a teenager or kid. 用法: E.g. 咁細個就談戀愛?Puppy love呀? E.g. 唔好成日掛住puppy love啦。讀好D書先啦。參考: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644

canteen

定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students prefer to use over 'cafeteria' from American English, which is not only due to Hong Kong having a British colonial history, but also it is closer to the equivalent term '餐廳' pronounced as 'can-ting' in Mandarin. 用法: E.g. 快啲落canteen霸位食飯啦!(Let's head down to hog the seats at the canteen to have a meal!)同義詞: 餐廳, 飯堂參考: https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/m1ytyg/question_etymology_of_canteen_from_french_italian/

camel

定義: Pronounced as 'cam-mell' and criticised as Fake ABC English, this is a code-mixing term used by celebrity Janice man to refer to the animal 'camel'. 用法: E.g. 其實我自己好鍾意cam-mell色既,真係好似D駱駝色既,有少少泥色既。參考: https://medium.com/@girlslearnenglish/你說話會中英夾雜嗎-被-污名化-的中英夾雜-why-code-mixing-is-totally-fine-32eb1f280ca
2023-03-04

high tea

定義: A code-mixing term that upper class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to ‘下午茶’, which is afternoon tea. 用法: E.g. 今日下晝有冇時間high tea呀? E.g. High唔high tea呀你? (下午茶)同義詞: 下午茶

check in

定義: An ultra convenient code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to registering your arrival at a place like a hotel or airport, as the Cantonese equivalent '辦理入住手續' sounds too long and verbose. 用法: E.g. 快D check in左先啦,至後再慢慢搵野食。參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf

Nei g ng ng ngo kong mut?

定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing phrase used by local student Hong Kongers when they want to ask whether someone understands what they are talking about. 用法: E.g. Nei g ng g ngo kong mut? (Do you know what I am saying?)同義詞: 你知唔知我講乜?參考: https://www.socialcareer.org/blogs/do-you-really-know-cantonese

dude

定義: A slightly more polite sounding code-mixing term that real ABC's in Hong Kong like to use instead the Cantonese equivalent '大佬', meaning 'big brother', even though the literal meaning is usually not taken when used, just like the word 'dude'. 用法: E.g. Dude,你係到搞D咩呀? E.g. Dude,你好還錢喇喎? E.g. Dude,你以為你自己好型呀?同義詞: 大佬