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定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to whether people are on the same page of a situation or task.
用法: E.g. 我覺得我地唔係好sync。可唔可以catch up一吓我地做既野?
同義詞: 同步
參考: https://www.cw.com.tw/article/5114233
定義: Often pronounced with a '屎' (faeces) at the end of the word, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to having the ability to recognise something good. ('有品味')
用法: E.g. 哇，你識揀呢件衫，真係好有taste呀！
同義詞: 品味
參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong people love to use to refer to afternoon tea '下午茶'.
用法: E.g. 今日有冇時間食個tea呀？ E.g. 週末不如一齊去high tea好嗎？
參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
定義: Often said with an extra 'you' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to make sure that the other person really gets the thank you message. Sometimes, it is uttered as 'fank q' or 'fank q you', especially by the grassroots class Hong Kongers.
用法: E.g. 今次搬屋真係好thank you你呀！ E.g. 恭喜發財！*逗利是* Thank you你呀！ E.g. 朋友：尋日嗰五舊水還返比你。 你：Fank q你呀！
同義詞: 多謝
參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/網絡熱話/一句英文分辨港人身份-ctb12-652218/3/
定義: A fancy way of saying 'so' or 'therefore' in Cantonese and to tone down the causal relationship between two items.
用法: E.g. 係喇，你都冇同我講。That’s why我今次冇預到你份。 E.g. 你都冇比錢我。That's why我冇幫你買戲飛。
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: Pronounced as 'tee-suu', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers have grown up with and got used to instead of the equivalent term in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 請問有冇tissue呀？。E.g. 唔該比張tissue黎呀，唔該。
同義詞: 紙巾
定義: A euphemistic code-mixing term that refers to the same item ‘廁所’ in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 老師，唔該可唔可以去toilet呀？ E.g. 咁多位，我去一去toilet先。
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the total amount of something, such as for goods and services.
用法: E.g. 呢到total幾多錢呀?
同義詞: 總共
參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
定義: (noun) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers say in order to avoid bad luck, which is similar to '大吉利是' in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. Touchwood講句，如果件貨聽日唔準時到，請問要等到幾時呢？
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/733616/page/1