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10 個隨機詞彙，共 917 個結果
定義: (Kongish) When something goes completely wrong. Or doesn't work out (fail, flop)
用法: Sei fo! We didn't prepare for the presentation today. It was a total flop!
同義詞: 死火
定義: A more effortless way of apologising to someone without sounding so formal and serious. Sometimes, it is pronounced as 'sor-li'.
用法: E.g. Sorry呀，踩親你。 E.g. Sorry呀，我遲到左。 E.g.你：對唔住！係我抵死，係我唔岩！朋友：唔洗咁隆重。你:SORRY囉。
同義詞: 對唔住
參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing idiom used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who refuses to concede despite knowing that they made the mistake in the first place. '死雞撐飯蓋' can also be shortened to '死撐' sometimes.
用法: E.g. You know you've done wrong! Stop being like a dead chicken propping up the rice cooker lid!
同義詞: 死雞撐飯蓋
參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms
定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term transliterated from ‘食飯’, which means eat rice.
用法: E.g. Sik jor farn mei ar? (食左飯未呀？） E.g. Hor yee sik farn la. (可以食飯喇）
同義詞: 食飯
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/16/the-use-of-transliteration-in-kongish/
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to ask for a deeper analytical understanding of something.
用法: E.g. 你睇完本書有咩insight? (What insights do you have after reading the book?)
同義詞: 見解; 睇法
參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/202301935/202301935_1.pdf
定義: Pronounced as 'call-lee' with a rising tone on the second syllable, this code-mixing term is used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the English word 'qualification'. Often used together with the word 'show' to mean 'show off'.
用法: E.g. 你冇qualie就唔好係到扮哂野啦。 E.g. 你唔好係到掛住show qualie啦，兄弟。 E.g. 睇唔出你咁有qualie喎。
定義: Purportedly to have originated from the name of a disposable diaper, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Konger use as a euphemistic way to refer to a person's buttocks, which is very appropriate to say when talking to toddlers.
用法: E.g. 唔好曳啊，曳就打PAT-PAT (Don't be naughty, or else I will hit your buttocks)
同義詞: 屁股
參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/PAT-PAT
定義: An Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a set of viral videos created by two Hong Kong KOL Matthew (matthewpwj_) and Janice (janicewanwan), where typical Hong Kong modern mothers are being imitated and mocked by their Cantonese-English code-mixing conversation style that is supposedly awkward. Even though "Jayden" is taken as a popular name for boys in Hong Kong, other names such as Eunice, Benson, Hailey and many more are used.
用法: E.g. Jayden, Mommy told you not to play all day. Have you done your homework?
同義詞: Jayden之亂
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to uploading files to the internet. ('上載')
用法: E.g. 快D幫我upload張相去IG啦！
同義詞: 上載
定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to the extent someone is shortsighted in degree units.
用法: E.g. You are shortsighted? What is your eye degrees?
同義詞: prescription, diopters, 度數
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBmy095Db9U&t=190s