香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Often added with a ‘咗’ like the ‘-ed’ form in English for past tense, this is a code-mixing term that is used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to having completed something, such as an event or project.

用法: E.g. 你地finish咗個project未呀？ E.g. 終於finish咗個event！

同義詞: 完成

參考: https://www.businesstimes.com.hk/articles/157451/創新科技獎學金2024-挑選25位傑出大學生-每人最高15萬港元獎學金/

定義: Derived from ‘generate’, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers like to use to refer to generating report using a computer.

用法: E.g. 幾時gen到份report？

同義詞: 生成

參考: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail/20052582/香港職場30個中英夾雜用語-內地網民-自己會粵語也聽不懂/1

定義: This is a code-mixing term used to refer to claiming money.  However, it is often pronounced as 'kam' by grassroot class Hong Kongers.

用法: E.g. 請問讀完個course有冇得kam返d錢架？ E.g. 請問ｄ飯錢可唔可以問返公司kam架？

同義詞: 索取

參考: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch

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

用法: Wow! Ban¹ ci⁴ ah!

定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that local Hong Kong students use to ask what the heck someone is talking about. Even though it looks like a westernised expression, spring actually refers to testicles and is quite rude when used as an expression.

用法: E.g. Ho lun dor jargon ar. Up mud spring ar? (So many f***ing jargon. What the testicles are you saying?)

同義詞: 噏乜春

參考: https://www.hk01.com/熱爆話題/364993/konglish瘋狂洗版-ga-yau係點解-即睇港式英語大測試

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a more technical and corporate way of referring to the number of employees in a company because '人數' sounds too everyday in Cantonese like when getting enough people to play Mahjong together.

用法: E.g. 大家公司最近咩環境 有冇freeze headcount? (How is everybody's company doing recently? Any company is freezing headcount?)

同義詞: 人數

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3674159/page/1

定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by Hong Kong expats when they want to order something in a restaurant but don't know how to read a menu.

用法: E.g. Mm goi waiter! Ni gor please!

同義詞: 呢個, this

參考: https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/travel/basic-cantonese-phrases-every-traveller-to-hong-kong-needs-to-know

定義: A code-mixing term that upper class Hong Kongers use to refer to a dish of food that is eaten before a meal to stimulate or whet one's appetite.

用法: E.g. D人未到，不如食個appetizer等住先啦？（People have not arrived yet. What about eating an appetizer while we wait?)

同義詞: 前菜

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2723472/page/2

定義: A shortened code-mixing term that refers to 'dancing society'.

用法: E.g. 同學：你參加左咩so呀？你：dan so囉。內地學生：什麼？你：唔好意思。係dancing society呀。

同義詞: 跳舞學會

定義: Classified as 'JM tone', this is a code-mixing style adopted by Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man to represent the upper class.  (Notice that the letter m is a voiced consonant in this word and should be emphasized for extremely proper pronunciation.)

用法: E.g. 我週末得閒既時候會同朋友去睇mmmovie。

同義詞: 電影