香港中英夾雜字典

定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer more specifically to the legal promises made by a company, especially in a contract or agreement.

用法: E.g. bonus guarantee 有3個月？有d 公司好仆街係咪都話生意唔好減咁d 架wor (Is it guaranteed to have 3 months of bonus? Some companies are really an epic fail and say their business is not doing good then lower your salary.)

同義詞: 保證

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2863234/page/3

定義: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers love to use to refer to anything that looks like a sauce.

用法: E.g. 半唐番: 可唔可以比啲sauce我? 香港人: 唔係sauce黎架，係醋！(ABC: Can you pass me the sauce? Hong Konger: It's not sauce. It's vinegar!) E.g. 半唐番: 可唔可以比啲sauce我? 香港人: 唔係sauce黎架，係豉油！(ABC: Can you pass me the sauce? Hong Konger: It's not sauce. It's see-yau!)

同義詞: 醬

參考: https://auntieemily.com/soy-sauce-chow-mein/

定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to the Cantonese equivalent '簽證'.

用法: E.g. 你搞好左travel visa未呀？（旅遊簽證） E.g. 你到外國工作要有working visa架。（工作簽證）

同義詞: 簽證

定義: An abbreviated code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to following someone on social media.

用法: E.g. 你fo左我IG未？快D fo啦!

定義: Pronounced as 'kaahn-taah' with a long back vowel and rising intonation, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a cashier's counter, information desk or service counter.

用法: E.g. 小弟係個賣game仔，話說我今日放飯果陣緊係出去食飯啦，咁個counter緊係冇人啦 (I'm a game seller, and of course I went out to have lunch during my lunch break today, so there was no one looking after the counter.)

同義詞: 收銀處; 客戶服務中心; 櫃檯

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/740067/page/1

定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the school that a person had graduated from. However, working class and grassroots Hong Kongers may know this term but not use it because it sounds too Latin than English. Hence, they find ‘mother school’ is more sensible and practical to use.

用法: E.g. 你既alma mater係邊間學校？

同義詞: 母校, mother school

參考: https://youtube.com/shorts/Br8CWgYQNak?si=aFaIMvdv2YSnCxvh

定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe a situation where there is a scene or fight going on between people, and you are just excited to watch what will happen as a bystander. '食住花生等睇戲' can be shortened to '食花生' sometimes.

用法: E.g. I have never seen people argue like this over Whatsapp! Let's eat peanuts while waiting to watch a film!

同義詞: 食住花生等睇戲

參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms

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: A more broad and general code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to having concern, kindness and empathy towards others but not to the point of being so loving.

用法: E.g. 之前都識左個男仔, 一開始都好nice 好caring, 突然有一日係車鬧左我成個鐘。(I used to know a guy who was very nice and caring at the start, but there came a day where he suddenly scolded me for an hour in the car.)

同義詞: 關心別人；有愛心

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3665573/page/28

定義: Originated from the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla, this is a code-mixing term used by Gen Z westernised Hong Kongers when they want to say 'I don't know' or refer to something 'so-so' as a rating. Sometimes, it may have no meaning at all, even when the person is juggling both hands up and down excitedly. Coincidently, six seven looks similar to the Cantonese expression '碌柒', which has the literal meaning of 'a stick of dick' and refers to an idiot.

用法: E.g. A: How was the movie? B: Six seven. *Hands juggling up and down* (So-so.) E.g. A: What is the answer to this question? B: Six seven! (I don't f***ing know.)

同義詞: 唔撚知, 係喇掛

參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQbVj-KkvEX/?hl=en (使用手機版本)