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定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a more abstract way of referring to a person's relationship status without a partner than emphasizing the physical body as ‘單身’ denotes in Cantonese. Even though 'dog' is seen as a derogatory term, the phrase is often treated as a common everyday joke than it is really mocking someone seriously.
用法: E.g. 無論班女仔fd幾大班，三個又好，五個又好，十幾個又好，都係得我係single dog (No matter how big my group of female friends is, three or five or ten, I am the single dog.)同義詞: 單身狗參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/708381/page/1
定義: An ultra efficient code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to singing contest.
用法: E.g. CLS呢個中學生唱singcon唱到跪撚埋喺度 (So frigging crazy! This high school student sang until kneeling down in a singing contest.)同義詞: 歌唱比賽參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3191125/page/16
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who have quite an expectation towards the price of a hamburger.
用法: E.g. 你一個垃圾burger，要人畀過百蚊，根本冇可能長做長有。(Expecting people to pay over one hundred dollars for a trash burger is not sustainable in the long term.)同義詞: 漢堡參考: https://www.edigest.hk/投資熱話/富二代-鍾培生-fiveguys-執笠-ed01-1934440/2/
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a feature or quality of a product that persuades people to buy it. Compared to '賣點' in Cantonese, selling point can often extend to services and people, and can refer to personal attractiveness or uniqueness.
用法: E.g. 以前佢地D selling point 係聽話忠誠 (Their selling point used to be that they were willing to listen and loyal to their customers.)同義詞: 賣點參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3746011/page/2
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer people coming together. Even though the term can be used both formally and informally in English, it can actually be more personal and intimate than '聚會' in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 女友稱約朋友去酒店Gathering 男友事後問起她卻支吾以對 (Girlfriend said she was going to a hotel with friends for a gathering, but when her boyfriend asked her about it later, she gave evasive answers.)同義詞: 聚會 參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/網絡熱話/女友稱約朋友去酒店gathering疑似出軌-637892/
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to exercise done in the gym. Even though it is often used as '做gym' (do gym), it is not to be confused with 'doing the gym' because the gym is actually the place where people do exercise in native English.
用法: E.g. 想唔想一齊做gym? (Want to work out / do exercise in the gym together?)同義詞: 健身; 健身室; 健身室運動參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/做gym
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: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer more specifically to the legal promises made by a company, especially in a contract or agreement.
用法: E.g. bonus guarantee 有3個月？有d 公司好仆街係咪都話生意唔好減咁d 架wor (Is it guaranteed to have 3 months of bonus? Some companies are really an epic fail and say their business is not doing good then lower your salary.)同義詞: 保證參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2863234/page/3
定義: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to cover a range of criteria in an exam such as a person's thought or perspective, process of thinking, mental attitude, reasoning path, etc. Sometimes, it may be a term short for critical thinking.
用法: E.g. 考作文好睇你個thinking。(A writing exam really tests your thinking.)同義詞: 諗法; 思路; 思考; 思想; 思維 參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2517481/page/2
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