香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers when they want to show how pleased they are towards someone’s achievements, but want to sound less show-off or exaggerated about their feeling.

用法: E.g. 你考試咁高分，我好proud of你呀。(You scored so high in the exam. I am so proud of you.)

同義詞: 驕傲，自豪

參考: https://www.threads.com/@grace_interest_english/post/DDthgzMyHsU

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the rules being set on how you should wear for a situation or event.

用法: E.g. 聽晚要去公司function？有冇話咩dress code呀?

同義詞: 服裝規範

參考: https://www.englishok.com.tw/toeic/toeic-issue/crystal_lee_english_speaking

定義: The Hong Kong way of referring to a female police officer (女警官).

用法: E.g. 女警：Target出現。全世界出動！下屬：Yes, Madam！

同義詞: 女警官

參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk

定義: (verb) A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they ask whether one has enough money for expense rather than having sufficient money itself.

用法: E.g. 今個月cov唔cover到租金? (Can you cover the rent this month?)

同義詞: 足夠支付

參考: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/詞典/英語-漢語-繁體/cover

定義: A tag-switching phrase overused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to create a western appeal.

用法: E.g. Oh my God!今日咁曬我都唔記得帶suncream呀！ E.g. Oh my God!我從來都未買過件dress係咁靚架！

參考: https://travel.ulifestyle.com.hk/news/detail/12179/明明無r音都要捲舌-5大令人頂唔順的偽abc特徵/1

定義: A versatile code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use in a variety of situations, depending on the context. However, the recently popular phrase of 'take嘢' can also be roughly translated into a number of different things and not only refer to taking drugs, as the Cantonese word '嘢' has a literal meaning of 'thing'.

用法: E.g. 你諗住take邊科? (Which subject will you take?) E.g. 我要take個sick leave. (I will need to take a sick leave.) E.g. 上堂要記住take notes. (Remember to take notes during lesson.)

同義詞: 拿取, 攞, 拎

參考: https://www.threads.com/@the.dialoguer/post/DWT7-WdlIxw?xmt=AQF0JUqJJsoEVSjTxoX99nK5oYLe0PIoT4tb5CseE3XE-w

定義: A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to hitting a ball towards the ground forcefully in tennis, which not only feels good when defeating someone with such a gesture, but also it sort of gives the person a feeling of breaking something into pieces.

用法: E.g. 咁勁？！今次我要smash返你！(So powerful?! I'm going to smash you back!)

同義詞: 殺球

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3898753/page/7

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: A romanised code-mixing term that is used by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to refer to '核突', which refers to something that is aesthetically unpleasant or ugly.

用法: E.g. 港女：Im so broke so I went into a random updup maiseen place eat din alone but then I realize the place is too dirty and updup and ppl ard me dou ho dirty and wuddud...

同義詞: 核突

參考: https://topick.hket.com/article/2254771/wuddud＝核突%E3%80%80港女「流利」港式英語投訴米線店考起網民

定義: 1. A code-mixing term that refers to a payment for goods or services. 2. Often pronounced as '差廚' (caa1 cyu4), this is a code-mixing term that is used by Hong Kongers to refer to being charged for a crime.

用法: E.g. 呢間餐廳有冇minimum charge？ E.g. 今次冇落charge？！真幸運！