香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term that is used in place of '交'.

用法: E.g. 同學：份功課幾時due呀？你：好似聽日due得喇喎。

定義: A highly versatile code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to repair, solve, adjust, improve or make something work again, especially in the IT sector.

用法: E.g. fix個bug幾日都仲未揾到個問題 (I've been fixing the bug for several days and still haven't found what the problem is.)

同義詞: 整; 修理; 解決

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3516188/page/32

定義: A code-mixing term used by local and overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to testify a person's knowledge or believe that the other person can be more eloquent in expressing their ideas.

用法: E.g. 唔好意思。我唔明你講咩喎。你可以elaborate一吓嗎？(I’m sorry. But I don’t understand what you are talking about. Can you elaborate?)

同義詞: 詳細說明

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to giving or providing something, in order to help achieve a goal.

用法: E.g. 麻煩大家contribute一吓個discussion。

同義詞: 貢獻

參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ

定義: An irreplaceable code-mixing term meaning to deliver a speech, as saying the Cantonese equivalent term '匯報' would sound too old school and non-colloquial.

用法: E.g. 你幾時要present呀？ E.g. 今次份assignment難唔難present呀？

參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers

定義: Known as Kongish and having the literal meaning of 'bend machine', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to having overly powerful ability to do something.

用法: E.g. You must be wat gei in this game because you practice all the time!

同義詞: 屈機

參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-guide-hong-kong-cantonese-slang-internet

定義: Purportedly to have come from ‘娘’ meaning an old married woman, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone’s appearance as old-fashioned.

用法: E.g. 你今日著衫好leung！(You dress very old-fashioned today!)

同義詞: 娘

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,140076,140076

定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to acting dumb and innocent in order to win someone, such as in a card game.

用法: E.g. I know you've got an ace up your sleeves! Stop pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger!

同義詞: 扮豬食老虎

參考: https://ling-app.com/yue/cantonese-slang-words/

定義: Originated from a tradition where people would donate gifts to those in need, this is a code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who do not want to be misunderstood as the day on which they would open presents, as the Cantonese equivalent terms denote the opening of presents on that day.

用法: E.g. 聽日就係boxing day。你會去邊到shopping？(Tomorrow is boxing day. Where will you go shopping?)

同義詞: 節禮日, 拆禮物日

參考: https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/拆禮物日

定義: Derived from the idiom '傾國傾城', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used to describe women that are so devastatingly beautiful that they can make a country or city fall.

用法: E.g. The girls in this club are so fall country fall city!

同義詞: 傾國傾城