香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a meeting that is usually shorter than what is already brief and leaves people thinking it should have been longer.

用法: E.g. Standup meeting講得一句太brief，judge唔到performance。(A stand-up meeting can only allow people say a few sentences that are too brief, which is hard for judging an employee's performance.)

同義詞: 站立會議; 站會

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/88607/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by Gen Z native Hong Kongers that refers to a person who loves food and likes to try different kinds of food. However, it is often used as a term similar to the level of a gourmet even though the person may not be a food expert.

用法: E.g. 而家啲ig foodie以為自己真係食評家。(Nowadays the foodies on IG really think they are real gourmets.)

同義詞: 美食愛好者

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2093295/page/1

定義: A convenient English phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid going into negative detail about someone who does not understand you.

用法: E.g. 朋友: 喂，你講野好唔make sense喎。你：真的嗎？ E.g. 我覺得你講野make sense，不過我唔係太明。 E.g. 你講野都唔make sense，廢鬼事再聽你講。

定義: A Kongish code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to a popular dish known as two dish rice, which originates from pointing one's finger to dishes when choosing dishes to eat at a two dish rice restaurant.

用法: E.g. Excuse me, I want this, this, this...

同義詞: 兩餸飯, two dish rice

參考: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail/20091475/dse-英文口試驚現-兩餸飯-考起學生-考評局正解非this-this-rice/3

定義: (adj) Often pronounced as 'fan', this is a noun-turned-adjective code-mixing term used to describe the degree of a friendship.

用法: E.g. 你係咪同佢好fan架？ E.g. 喂，你唔好扮哂好fan咁喎。我都唔係識左你好耐。 E.g. 其實我同你唔係好fan。

參考: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch

定義: The Hong Kong way of referring to the invoice sent to customers, as '發票' is rarely used.

用法: E.g. 張invoice send左比個客未呀？ E.g. 喂，你咁快send左invoice黎係咪想追我數呀？

同義詞: 發票

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by westernised Hong Kongers when they cannot get the f**k out the train on the MTR. Literal meaning: Please move aside.

用法: E.g. Mm goi. (唔該) *nobody moves* Mm ho yi si. (唔好意思) *nobody moves* Mm goi jeh jeh! (唔該借借) *people move out of the way*

同義詞: 唔該借借

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the process of finding an employee's former colleagues or managers to verify their job history, which can sometimes be very tedious.

用法: E.g. 我就唔驚reference check去check我過去表現，但要我搵人做reference check 就好煩，尤其係個HR係咁催我交人 (I am not afraid of reference checks that check my past job performance, but asking me to find someone to do the reference check is very annoying, especially if the HR is urging me to hand over the person.)

同義詞: 資歷查核

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3576674/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to gestures and customs that an employee must do or learn when they work in a company.

用法: E.g. 老細黎到仲唔識DO? 快D讓座同沖杯咖啡比佢啦！ E.g. 打工仔要識DO先得，如果咪好快冇得撈。

同義詞: 做

參考: https://www.etnet.com.hk/www/tc/lifestyle/archive/goodjob/23372

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a less judgemental way of describing someone as unkind or unfriendly but not to the point of being so harsh and critical.

用法: E.g. 其實香港人而家可唔可以唔好咁mean? (Can Hong Kong people actually be less mean nowadays?)

同義詞: 刻薄; 衰

參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_siW0xsDc/