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  2. Code-switching in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    The English counterpart is preferred if the speaker finds the explicit Cantonese expression culturally embarrassing, like breasts of females or open expression of personal feelings. Therefore, in the example of 透bra格格 (tau3 baa1 gaak3 gaak3, 'a princess whose bra is visible'), "bra" replaces its Cantonese counterparts.

  3. Hong Kong Cantonese - Wikipedia

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    Cantonese: 師奶 (si1 naai1) English: Housewife: C9 Example: 你著到成個C9咁. English: You dress like a housewife(C9). The word C9 should be pronounced in English "C nine", which is very similar to Cantonese si1 naai1. It is an easier form of typing the word "師奶" without changing the meaning in Cantonese.

  4. Written Cantonese - Wikipedia

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    See also Cantonese love-songs, translated with introduction and notes by Cecil Clementi (1904) or a newer translation of these by Peter T. Morris in Cantonese love songs : an English translation of Jiu Ji-yung's Cantonese songs of the early 19th century (1992). Cantonese character versions of the Bible, Pilgrims Progress, and Peep of Day, as ...

  5. List of English words of Chinese origin - Wikipedia

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    Cantonese 速速: chuk 1 chuk 1: lit. 'hurry', 'urgent' [3] Chopsticks: Pidgin 筷子: Kuai zi: from Chinese Pidgin English chop chop. Chop suey: Cantonese 雜碎: jaap 6 seui 3 'mixed pieces' Chow Cantonese 炒: seiiau 2: From meaning 'cook', perhaps based on Cantonese. lit. 'to stir fry' Chow chow: Cantonese any of a breed of heavy-coated ...

  6. Chinese Pidgin English - Wikipedia

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    Chinese Pidgin English (also called Chinese Coastal English [1] or Pigeon English [2]) is a pidgin language lexically based on English, but influenced by a Chinese substratum. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, there was also Chinese Pidgin English spoken in Cantonese -speaking portions of China .

  7. List of loanwords in Malay - Wikipedia

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    Cantonese (Chinese) 枸杞 / gau 2 gei 2: kaunter (Indonesian: konter (alternative of loket)) counter, desk English counter kedai foodstall, shop Tamil kaṭai கடை keju cheese Portuguese queijo kelas class English class kemeja shirt Portuguese camisa kepala head Sanskrit कपाल / kapāla "skull" kerana (Indonesian: karena) because ...

  8. Languages of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Many Hong Kong people use both Cantonese and English, or "code-switch", in the same sentence when speaking. For example, "唓,都唔 make sense!" ("Wow, it does not make sense!"). The code-switching can freely mix English words and Chinese grammar, for instance "你 un 唔 understand?"

  9. Cantonese internet slang - Wikipedia

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    Cantonese Internet Slang (Chinese: 廣東話網上俗語) is an informal language originating from Internet forums, chat rooms, and other social platforms. It is often adapted with self-created and out-of-tradition forms. Cantonese Internet Slang is prevalent among young Cantonese speakers and offers a reflection of the youth culture of Hong ...