香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A euphemistic way of refering to the end of something, as saying something is at a final stage is considered bad luck in Cantonese sometimes.

用法: E.g. 唔知佢end up會做D咩呢? E.g. 上次個project end up成點呀? E.g. 佢上個暑假end up左去台灣。

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong expats use to wish someone prosperous and good fortune during Chinese New Year. Sometimes , it may be mistaken as 'Happy new year' by non-Cantonese speaking expats, even though there is nothing really wrong with saying it to people excessively. (Variant: Kung hei fat choi)

用法: E.g. Happy Chinese New Year! Gong hei fat choi! Gong hei fat choi!

同義詞: 恭喜發財

參考: https://www.zalora.com.hk/blog/lifestyle/kung-hei-fat-choi-meaning-how-to-respond-and-common-cantonese-new-year-blessings/

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Auntie，你好呀！ E.g. 仔仔，快Ｄ叫聲Auntie啦。

同義詞: 阿姨; 姨姨

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

定義: A code-mixing term that refers to the car brand Mercedes-Benz

用法: Wow! Ban¹ ci⁴ ah!

定義: Originated from ‘access’, this is a code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to the means through which one can enter a system or having the permission to retrieve data from a system.

用法: E.g. 唔該可唔可以比個database既assess比我？ (Could you give me the access to the database?) E.g. 我assess唔到個system。可唔可以比密碼我？(I cannot access the system. Can you give me the password?)

同義詞: access, 讀取

參考: https://www.instagram.com/reels/CjZh3wSpu4l/ (使用手機版本)

定義: A code-mixing term that is used instead of '典禮'.

用法: E.g. 同學：個ceremony好耐呀，完未架？ 同學：你幾時去grad ceremony呀？ 你：我黎唔到個ceremony呀。

同義詞: 典禮

定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who have more than a regular habit of drinking champagnes.

用法: E.g. 今日係禮拜五晚，我地黎支ｃｈａｍｐａｇｎｅ嗱？！

同義詞: 香檳

定義: (verb) Derived from the game "final fantasy", this is a Cantonese slang to refer to someone who fantasizes too much.

用法: Be realistic! Don't FF too much la.

同義詞: Fantasize

參考: https://www.cantoneseclass101.com/blog/2019/07/23/cantonese-text-slang/

定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the stage of a meal where the main dish is served. As to why ‘course’ is more often used than ‘dish’ compared to the Cantonese phrase ‘主菜‘, it may be to do with the upper class etiquette that the stage of a meal is more important than the dish itself.

用法: E.g. 食semi-buffet質素好過buffet, 起碼個main course係入得落口 (The quality of eating semi-buffet is higher than buffet, at least the main course is decent.)

同義詞: 主菜

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3120803/page/3

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to sending a copy of an email message to another recipient.

用法: E.g. 份email記住cc埋比所有人。

同義詞: 抄送