香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Often expressed as two separate words ‘cheese’ and ‘cake’, this is a code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who have more than a regular habit of going to Starbucks or Pacific Coffee to eat cheesecake.

用法: E.g. A: 唔該，我想要十個blueberry cheeeeese cake. B: 唔好意思，冇咁多個。(Excuse me, may I have ten blueberry cheesecakes? B: I’m sorry, but there aren’t that many.)

同義詞: 芝士蛋糕

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/760451/page/1

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by the K-pop singer Jackson Wang (王嘉爾) when he has nothing to say. Even though he was born in Hong Kong, it is often said that he has real American Born Chinese vibe, due to his strong knowledge of English filler terms while speaking in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 我從運動員到練習生到出道，去海外，我自己覺得我係捱到既。但係有時呢D咁既野真係hit到我，我真係...i don't know. (From being an athlete to a trainee to debut then overseas, I always thought I could endure. But when there were things that hit me sometimes, I really just... I don't know.)

同義詞: 我唔知

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7-73ZG8G2s

定義: A jubilant, nonchalant way of showing off to your friends. Used together with 'juice' in Cantonese.

用法: E.g. 哎呀！今次唔洗溫書都實pass啦！Easy汁啦！

同義詞: 容易

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: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to '噱頭'.

用法: E.g. 你有沒有留意樓下那家coffee shop最近常做promotion，我覺得滿有gimmick

同義詞: 噱頭

參考: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/港人中英夾雜有規律-網友-太神奇-020000181.html

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to refer to getting fired from a job. (炒魷魚 - caau2 jau4 jyu2)

用法: E.g. I messed up at work today and I got stir-fried squid!!!

同義詞: 炒魷魚

參考: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-老細炒咗我魷-stir-fried-me-squid/

定義: A code-mixing phrase that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to emphasize that something is not a complex problem.

用法: E.g. 呢個問題唔係rocket science。再一齊諗諗佢就解決得到。

參考: https://www.mi-learning.com/itsnotrocketscience-meaning/

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to not being strict enough when managing people. Also, it often tends to depict a weakness in character by describing a person is not forceful or harsh enough.

用法: E.g. 同事話我太soft管唔到學生，我聽完好灰。(My colleague said I am too soft and cannot manage students like this. I felt very grey afterwards.)

同義詞: 不嚴厲

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU-fcZMgjI7/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to an important stage or event in the development of something. (里程碑)

用法: E.g. 我地公司今年reach到個milestone！Let\'s celebrate!

同義詞: 里程碑

參考: https://www.story001.com/post-196.html

定義: This is a code-mixing term that is used instead of the Cantonese equivalent '文件夾' to refer to a physical folder or a virtual folder on a computer.

用法: E.g. 喺你個desktop上面開個folder，然後將你既file放入去。 E.g. 老師：唔該把所有功課放喺你個文件夾入面。同學：吓？文件夾？老師，你係邊到黎架？

同義詞: 文件夾