香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Originated from the Cantonese movie 'Night King' starring Dayo Wong, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kong actress Kay Choi who played the role of a nightclub lady and used it as her name, which was somewhat translated from the place Kwai Fong in Hong Kong.

用法: E.g. 我叫Franchesca！今年19歲半，四捨五入都係 19 歲，嚟自香港葵芳。(I am Franchesca. I am 19 and a half years old, or 19 if rounded down. I come from Kwai Fong in Hong Kong.)

同義詞: 葵芳

參考: https://www.facebook.com/D100Radio/posts/我叫franchesca今年19歲半四捨五入都係-19-歲嚟自香港葵芳江少真人靚過上鏡新一季虎豹獵奇打響頭炮嘉賓就係電影夜王裏飾演葵芳而爆紅嘅演員-蔡蕙琪-ka/1565701778891323/

定義: Originated from business emails and often said without a ‘to’ at the end, this is a code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers would use in non-business settings when they really anticipate the happening of an event.

用法: E.g. 我好look forward今餐會食咩。(I really look forward to what I will be eating for this meal.) E.g. 我好look forward今次既足球比賽。(I really look forward to this football match.)

同義詞: 期待

參考: https://graduate.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/42024/lookforwardto點用-後面動詞需要加ing-與lookingforwardto有甚差別-用法-例句

定義: A code-mixing phrase that is often mistaken as grammatically incorrect due to the word 'very' being considered redundant, as 'delicious' already denotes the meaning of very yummy. However, it originates from '好好味' in Cantonese, which means 'very very tasty'.

用法: E.g. 哇，Ｄ野食真係very delicious呀。

同義詞: 好好味

定義: Derived from the noun ‘maintenance’, this is a code-mixing verb used to refer to carrying out maintenance work on something in order to keep it running without errors and issues.

用法: E.g. D code寫簡短啲，main就容易做啲啦。(Write simpler code so you can carry out maintenance more easily.)

同義詞: Maintenance，維護

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2545265/page/1

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 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 that Hong Kongers often use to refer to the list of dishes available at a restaurant. (餐牌)

用法: E.g. 伙記，唔該比個menu我睇呀。

同義詞: 餐牌

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe working for a job while looking for a better one. (騎牛搵馬 - ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5)

用法: E.g. Look for a job first! You can always ride an ox while looking for a horse!

同義詞: 騎牛搵馬

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,139574,139575

定義: An alternative way of referring to someone who's getting on your nerves, as the equivalent term '挑戰' in Cantonese sounds too much like a real duel or battle and hence too provocative to use.

用法: E.g. 老闆：夠喇。你唔好係到挑戰我。你:我幾時有挑戰過你呀？！ E.g. 老闆：夠喇。你唔好係到challenge我。你:*silence*

同義詞: 挑戰

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of the Cantonese equivalent '心情'.

用法: E.g. 今日出面咁多人咁迫，真係冇咩mood行街。

同義詞: 心情

參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html