香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Often added with a '屎' (faeces), this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a salesperson.

用法: E.g. A: 點解好多人唔識分sale 同sell 呢2個字 B: 我諗係因為sales sale屎sell屎sale野sell野. (A: Why do so many people cannot differentiate between sale and sell? B: I think it is because sales sell sh*t and sale thing sell thing.)

同義詞: sale屎

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3146390/page/1

定義: Pronounced as 'bee-lee-bah-la', this is a code-mixing onomatopoepic phrase used by native Hong Kongers in a 90's limerick to describe someone talking a lot, loudly or fast.

用法: E.g. XXX（人名）未夠18歲學人揸飛機，跌落屎坑執玻璃，返到屋企唔忿氣，BiLiBaLa放臭屁，阿媽以為漏煤氣，原來衰仔放緊屁。(E.g. XXX (name) learned to drive a plane under 18 years old, and fell into the toilet to pick up the glass. He returned home feeling resentful, then kept talking a lot and made a stinky fart. His mother thought there was a gas leak, but it turned out that the bad boy was farting.)

同義詞: 嗶哩叭啦

參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/830396/i-don-t-know-食鬆糕下句-香港人20首小學雞打油詩-你識幾多首?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=01appshare

定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase used by local Hong Kong students to refer to having no time for activities such as dinner or party, which doesn't necessarily mean they have no more time left in their lives such as due to a terminal illness.

用法: E.g. A: Do you want to join the party tonight? B: I have no time.

同義詞: 我冇時間

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj7SHv4Jhw4

定義: 1. (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person being clever or quick to notice things. Sometimes, it is used as 'sharp醒'. 2. (adj) Used to describe someone's appearance as being too eye-catching.

用法: E.g. 哇，乜今日咁sharp醒呀？咁快做哂D野？ E.g. 呢件衫Ｄ顏色太sharp喇。

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

定義: Often said with a rising intonation on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Konger badminton coaches like to use to refer to the exact point in time of something because the Cantonese equivalent ‘時機’ somehow sounds less accurate.

用法: E.g. 描準個ball，睇好個timing打落去，咁先得架嘛。(Aim at the ball, watch for the right timing and hit it. You got it?)

同義詞: 時機

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to reaching a consensus on matters of a situation.

用法: E.g. 我地一齊align一下意見，再匯報比上頭知。

同義詞: 保持一致

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

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to examining something in detail.

用法: E.g. 老闆：開會時記住同大家go through一下今個week既items。

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

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to someone who was born or grew up in a particular country, which Hong Kongers find it a lot more convenient to use than the Cantonese equivalent words because it requires much less linguistic effort.

用法: E.g. 你係唔係native speaker黎架？（講本國語既人） E.g. 你Ｄ英文係咪native架？（純正本土口音）

參考: https://www.studocu.com/hk/document/city-university-of-hong-kong/world-englishes/lecture-3-city-university-of-hong-kongen5714-world-englishes-and-the-social-context-of/20063922

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 polite way of addressing a stranger, usually a much older person, when you meet them for the first time.

用法: E.g. 哈佬Uncle，nice to meet you！ E.g. 阿女，快Ｄ叫聲uncle啦。

參考: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3048345/hong-kong-comes-alive-learning-cantonese-make-sure-you-know