香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to an amount of work in a less quantifiable way, in order to sound less like they are complaining about how much work or burden they have.

用法: E.g. 仲有task要做？我最近已經多左workload。(There are still tasks to do? I already have more workload recently.)

同義詞: 工作量

參考: https://www.baby-kingdom.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=23644122

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a written test created by companies for job candidates, which can be easy or difficult depending on the situation. Sometimes, it can also be very 'chur' to do due to a company's limited time.

用法: E.g. 一入到去未擺低袋就俾張紙我做 Written Test，限時 20 分鐘。(When I arrived and before I even put my bag down, they gave me a piece of paper to do a written test, which had a time limit of 20 minutes.)

同義詞: 筆試

參考: https://www.threads.com/@sangdongizary/post/DZmtCj0mGom?xmt=AQG0EL-oDne_ejxYTHR6FJqyzY8A-PLBBPXB5uoPeZ1QqFbjVadt9K2xVmBMMoskDQMsiRJc&slof=1

定義: Derived from 'gut' (吉) meaning nothingness or tangerines, this is a romanised code-mixing slang phrase used to describe someone is messing about and wasting time, which purportedly comes from people in the past going into Hong Kong stores just to drink the bowl of soup called 'gut' soup (吉湯) without spending money on the food at all. 'wun' can mean to mix (混) or to transport (運).

用法: Auntie: Stop tasting my fruits here and there! Are you wun gut?

同義詞: 運吉, 混吉

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/cantonese-slang-you-need-to-know-right-now

定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to call the minibus driver to stop at the next bus stop. (有落)

用法: E.g. Mm goi yau lok! (唔該，有落)

同義詞: 有落

定義: With a literal meaning of 'hot air', this is a romanised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to having overheat from eating too much spicy or fried foods, leading to pimples and freckles growing on your face or even buttocks. Also, yeet hay seems to only exist in Chinese medicine but not western medicine according to native Hong Kongers.

用法: E.g. A: Do you want to eat barbeque? B: No thanks, I am very yeet hay recently.

同義詞: 熱氣

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/C7PVDJZpVgq/ (使用手機版本)

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe something or someone that is cool, handsome, or stylish. (型 - ying4)

用法: E.g. Wa! You look so ying today! (型)

同義詞: 型

參考: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/8-colloquialisms-unique-to-cantonese

定義: Derived from '你大我?‘, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use when they feel that someone is bluffing them by a display of confidence.

用法: E.g. You big me? 我big返你and give you some color you see呀！(你大我？我大返你再比D顏色你睇呀！）

同義詞: 你大我?

定義: Originated from Ming Dynasty where a husband does the housework for his wife for the latter half of the month, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use when they want to retaliate against the wrongdoing of a person, which is like 'eye for an eye' in English.

用法: E.g. You do the first, I do the fifteenth. If you keep throwing trash in front of my door, then I will do the same to you too! E.g. You do new moon, I do full moon. E.g. You do Lunar New Year, I do Mid-Autumn Festival.

同義詞: 你做初一，我做十五

參考: https://www.weekendhk.com/weekspecial/你做初一-我做十五-英文-ctb072-jc-1368860/3/

定義: A Kongish expression used to describe someone who is so reckless that he or she is almost getting himself killed or into a big trouble.

用法: You spent all your money on gambling? Do you know how to write the die character?!

同義詞: 你唔知個死字點寫

定義: An Englishised Cantonese phrase that real ABC Hong Kongers use to refer to going to a traditional Chinese restaurant for dim sum. (飲茶)

用法: E.g. Let's go to yum cha this weekend!

同義詞: 飲茶