香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing word that Hong Kongers love to use to refer to '資料庫' in the IT sector.

用法: E.g. 連得到個database未? 定係connect唔到呢?

同義詞: 資料庫

定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing phrase that is used to ask someone whether they know something.

用法: E.g. A: Nei g ng g kui hui jor bin? B: Ng g. (A: 你知唔知佢去左邊? B: 唔知。)

同義詞: 知唔知

定義: Originated from 'thank you' and often pronounced as '釘橋' meaning nail bridge in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to express their gratitude towards someone.

用法: E.g. Dank you哂你幫我手呀。不如我今日請你食lunch好嗎？(Thank you for helping me out. What about I treat you lunch today?)

同義詞: thank you, 釘橋

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLR0QEuMT7j/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers prefer to use to accompany Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus because they can experience the happiness first with ‘merry’ compared to the Cantonese equivalent ’聖誕節快樂‘ where the happiness '快樂‘ is placed after Christmas.

用法: E.g. 聖誕節又黎喇！Merry Christmas! (Christmas is coming! Merry Christmas!)

同義詞: 聖誕節快樂, 聖誕快樂

參考: https://www.weekendhk.com/香港好去處/聖誕好去處-商場-打卡-飄雪-3275849/

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong HR departments like to use when they report back to candidates on their interview result, which is more objective than the Cantonese equivalent that contains the phrase ‘評價‘, which tends to give people the feeling of being evaluated or judged.

用法: E.g. 今日收到消息話你既面試表現都係positive架。(I received news today saying that your interview result was positive.)

同義詞: 正面評價

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2492328/page/36

定義: A code-mixing term used by real ABC Hong Kongers to say good morning because they cannot pronounce the Cantonese equivalent words '早晨' properly.

用法: E.g. ＡＢＣ：Jo sun!　本土香港人：吓？你講咩話？ ＡＢＣ：Good morning!

同義詞: 早晨

定義: A code-mixing term used by entertainment judges to describe a performance as enjoyable to watch without judging the entertainment value itself.

用法: E.g. 一開始覺得啲vocal好似嗌緊交，但又好 Entertaining (At first it felt like the vocals were arguing, but was very entertaining at the same time.)

同義詞: 有娛樂性

參考: https://www.nmplus.hk/entertainment/魔音女團-穎喬-陳潔靈-1637287/

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers when they want to make something clear or to seek clarification from another person.

用法: E.g. 我想clarify一吓呢個task係做咩。(I want to clarify what is to be done in this task.) E.g. 我想clarify一吓，係唔係九點開會？(Just to clarify, are we having a meeting at 9 o'clock?)

同義詞: 澄清; 釐清; 講清楚; 問清楚

參考: https://hk.amazingtalker.com/questions/7500

定義: A code-mixing term used by all sorts of Hong Kongers to refer to the popular trading card game called Magic the Gathering.

用法: E.g. A: 打唔打magic呀? B: 等我整吓我個deck先再同你揪。(A: Do you want to play magic? B: Let me sort out my deck first before I dual with you.)

同義詞: Magic the Gathering, 魔法風雲會

參考: https://magic.wizards.com/zh-Hant

定義: Originated from Mandarin meaning 'I love you', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to '唔要你' in Cantonese, which means "Don't want you" in English.

用法: E.g. A: 今日係520喔！點解您孤伶伶一個人呢？B: 哈哈哈哈哈，你個問題咁得意架咩？(A: Today is May 20th! Why are you so lonely? B: Hahahaha, why is your question so interesting?)

同義詞: 唔要你

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1pTDlz4Vns