香港中英夾雜字典

定義: 1. (noun) Often used as 'Ah head', this is a code-mixing term that refers to the boss or leader of a company or department. 2. (verb) Used to refer to being led by a person, usually someone of higher authority.

用法: E.g. 你間公司個阿Head係邊個？我要見佢！\nE.g. 你醒目就唔會成日比人head住啦。

同義詞: 阿頭

定義: Originated from the olden days where the upper class loved to wear old sheepskin of high quality, this is a Kongish code-mixing term used by Hong Kongers to describe someone who has low social status and tries to mimick the upper class by wearing cheap quality clothing that matches the appearance of expensive clothing. ie. The white colour and look of fresh carrot skin resembles the look of old sheepskin.

用法: E.g. You think you are so high class? What kind of fresh carrot skin are you?

同義詞: 新鮮蘿蔔皮

參考: https://voltra.academy/blog/canton2

定義: Often used in a Jayden Mami parody, this is a code-mixing term used by a typical Hong Kong modern mother to refer to physical uncleanliness in a mildly negative way.

用法: E.g. Jayden做咩趴喺條street度呀，個ground好dirty㗎，仲要比d dog踩上你個頭度，你再唔get up mami就angry㗎啦。(Jayden, why are you lying on the street? The ground is so dirty, and you're letting a dog step over you. If you don't get up, Mami will be angry.)

同義詞: 污糟

參考: https://eastweek.stheadline.com/pets/18474/Jayden媽咪是誰社交網絡爆紅兼殺入毛孩界

定義: A shortened term for 'long distance' meaning to have a long distance relationship with someone.

用法: E.g. 我plan左去working holiday。到陣時要同男朋友long d喇。

同義詞: 遠距離戀愛; 異地戀

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to describe working for a job while looking for a better one. (騎牛搵馬 - ke4 ngau4 wan2 maa5)

用法: E.g. Look for a job first! You can always ride an ox while looking for a horse!

同義詞: 騎牛搵馬

參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,139574,139575

定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a distinctive characteristic by which someone or something can be identified.

用法: E.g. 中英夾雜絕對係香港人signature。 E.g. 呢碟菜就係呢間餐廳既signature。

同義詞: 標誌，招牌菜

參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ

定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a restaurant located inside a school or company. However, it is worth noting that the origin of the word is from Europe and should not to be confused with ‘can-ting’ or ‘can-teng’ in Mandarin or Cantonese (餐廳), which start with the ‘ts’ sound instead of ‘k’ sound in ‘can’.

用法: E.g. 今日好多人呀！快啲落canteen霸位啦！(There are so many people today! Let's go to the canteen to hog the seats first!)

同義詞: 飯堂; 食堂 ; 餐廳

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

定義: A code-mixing phrase that even young and senior local Hong Kong students like to use to refer to duplicating information in the digital format because they were just never used to Chinese Windows.

用法: E.g. Ａ：搵AI gen成編文出黎，再copy and paste落自己份功課到咪得囉。Ｂ：喂，你唔好教壞我喎？！(A: Just get the AI to generate some essay, then copy and paste it into your homework. Done! B: Hey, don't teach me a wrong habit!)

同義詞: 複製與貼上

參考: https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/香港語文

定義: A shortened term for the word 'socialise' in English, which may mean different things in various situations.

用法: E.g. 喂，你so吓人好喎？(to show that you care about others) E.g. 喂，唔好成日掛住soＤ女仔啦。(to court somebody) E.g. 喂，後生仔要出黎soso吓先得架嘛。(to socialise) E.g. 喂，你最近好似唔係好so-so喎。(being social)

定義: (textspeak) A Kongish codemixing term that refers to a person who has never been in a relationship before. I.e. Available = 0.

用法: E.g. Nei dou year 4 lah, ng hai lum ju a0 grad har wah. （你都Year 4啦，唔係諗住A0 grad吓話。）

參考: https://www.hk01.com/article/283411?utm_source=01appshare&utm_medium=referral