香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term that a "Jayden Mami" likes to use to express unpleasant surprise while softening the tone in order to make sure the child isn't scared by the mother's emotional state.

用法: E.g. Jayden, 你喺邊到學人dye埋D hair架? Mami好shocked呀。(Jayden, who did you learn dying your hair from? Mami is so shocked.)

同義詞: 驚訝; 震驚

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXBG2f3kq7D/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to negotiating terms and conditions of an employment agreement or contract in addition to just the salary.

用法: E.g. Offer人工太低 簽約嗰陣仲有無得bargain? (If I am being offered a low salary, can I still bargain when signing the contract?)

同義詞: 講價

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/1130972/page/1

定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term transliterated from ‘咗’, which is equivalent to the ‘-ed’ particle for past tense in English.

用法: E.g. Jo jor gong for mei ar? (做咗功課未呀？） E.g. Sik jor farn mei ar? (食咗飯未呀？）

同義詞: 咗

參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/16/the-use-of-transliteration-in-kongish/

定義: Also known as 'human router', this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to an employee whose role is simply to help people communicate or transfer information from one to another, without providing much of a real value or asset to the company.

用法: E.g. 成日話 developer 人難溝通。好多 project manager 溝通咪一樣麻麻地。講野又無 developer 咁直接 淨係識遊花園/做 router。人際關又唔係特別好 (It is often said that developers are difficult to communicate with. But in fact, many project managers communicate just as poorly, as they don't talk as directly as a developer, as they often beat around the bush and act like a router. Their interpersonal skills are also not particularly good.)

同義詞: 人類路由器

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3844073/page/4

定義: (verb.) An adjective-turned-verb code-mixing term meaning to enjoy oneself.

用法: E.g. 做人久唔久都要happy一吓先得架嘛。 E.g. 今個週末一齊去happy吓好嗎？ E.g. 聽日放工一齊去happy hour啦！（歡樂時光）

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a duplicate of something, such as a document.

用法: E.g. 份document整多幾份copy黎呀，唔該。

同義詞: 副本

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to someone who is extremely introverted and prefers being alone all the time.

用法: E.g. Get yourself out and meet some people! Stop being such a poisonous guy!

同義詞: 毒男

參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-quick-lesson-must-know-hong-kong-slang

定義: With a literal meaning of 'hot air', this is a romanised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to having overheat from eating too much spicy or fried foods, leading to pimples and freckles growing on your face or even buttocks. Also, yeet hay seems to only exist in Chinese medicine but not western medicine according to native Hong Kongers.

用法: E.g. A: Do you want to eat barbeque? B: No thanks, I am very yeet hay recently.

同義詞: 熱氣

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/C7PVDJZpVgq/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing term used by Miss Hong Kong celebrity Grace Chan to refer to an "unknown liquid" that was splashed on her son’s head by a woman while watching a Spiderman movie in a cinema.

用法: E.g. 陳凱琳指兒子被淋Cream受驚已報警：而據悉在觀眾散場時，該名女子疑因不滿而突然發難，涉嫌直接向陳凱琳兒子的頭部潑淋不明乳狀液體，隨後迅速離開現場。愛子心切的陳凱琳在諮詢後，已於翌日前往中區警署報案 (Grace Chan reported to the police after her son was splashed by cream: It is reported that as the audience was leaving, a woman apparently dissatisfied suddenly lashed out, allegedly pouring an unknown liquid directly on the head of Grace Chan’s son before quickly fleeing. Deeply concerned for her son, Grace Chan sought advice and filed a police report at Central Police Station the next day.)

同義詞: 忌廉

參考: https://www.stheadline.com/film-drama/3600942/陳凱琳回應影院風波-證二仔被淋Cream已報警好心痛-兒子疑踢凳惹女觀眾發難

定義: A code-mixing phrase that is used by Hong Kongers to mean that they are ready to go to work whenever they get a call from their company.

用法: E.g. 我每星期工作五天。不過我假日都要on call。