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定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers use to describe a business structure that scams people and is prone to collapse or failure, as 'chicken' (雞) in Cantonese can also be used to describe something cheap or weak.
用法: E.g. This company has people coming to work and leaving the job all the time! Such build chicken shed!同義詞: 搭雞棚參考: https://ukdodgy.com/2024/04/06/scam
定義: Often transliterated and pronounced as the loan phrase '肥佬' meaning 'fat guy', this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe getting an unsuccessful result when doing something. Sometimes, it can be shortened to '肥' (fat) as a verb.
用法: E.g. 哎呀！今次考試肥左佬！
E.g. 唔係掛？考咁多次都肥？！同義詞: 肥佬參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/16296/
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that local Hong Kongers use to refer to someone who is off-topic or providing irrelevant answers.
用法: E.g. Lei dou gau m daap baat! Can you answer my question?!同義詞: 九唔搭八參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
定義: Pronounced with a rising intonation on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to doing something at exactly the right time, such as a love relationship.
用法: E.g. 其實愛情都幾講timing。有時要搵啱個timing先可以喺埋一齊。同義詞: 時機參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/60469/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kong university students love to use instead of '講座', which means a formal talk on a subject by a professor.
用法: E.g. 其實上lecture根本浪費時間。同義詞: 講座參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/475538/page/2
定義: A code-mixing term often used by working class Hong Kongers to indicate the purpose of a product, in order to pitch and sell it to a customer.
用法: E.g. 呢個app係for你地客戶用架，令到你地方便好多。
E.g. 呢樣產品係for女士用架，尤其係貪靚嗰D。參考: https://cantowords.com/dictionary/for#w100337
定義: (textspeak) Derived from '狗噏' meaning 'dog uttering', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to talking non-sense, like bullsh*t. It is also often pronounced as '鳩噏' as a vulgar expression.
用法: E.g. Stop 9up and bragging about your achievements all the time! (唔好成日喺到鳩噏車大炮啦!)同義詞: 狗噏, 鳩噏參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/9up
定義: Derived from the punning of '縮腳' with '叔' (uncle) having a similar pronunciation as '縮' (to shrink) , this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that is used to tell someone to watch their feet.
用法: Eg. I am mopping the floor. Uncle feet!同義詞: 縮腳參考: https://youtu.be/_3hhDIErE2g?si=SLsZUTCKhV5cfm8x
定義: (idiom) Known as Kongish and derived from '五時花六時變‘, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who is indecisive and prone to changing his or her plan all the time.
用法: E.g. 你唔係話過鍾意呢件衫咩？你真係five o'clock flower six o'clock change呀。（五時花六時變）同義詞: 五時花六時變參考: https://youtu.be/_3hhDIErE2g?si=SLsZUTCKhV5cfm8x
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