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   <div><h3>It’s Japanese too?</h3></div>
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            <div><h3>Gentle reminder from Betty Tung, spouse of the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XVI)</h2>
            <div><h3>Be careful. Hongkongers become polite all of a sudden!</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XVII)</h2>
            <div><h3>A nickname for our lovely country in “Milk Tea Alliance”</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XVIII)</h2>
            <div><h3>Sex Education (but not related to the Netflix series)</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XIX)</h2>
            <div><h3>Pardon my English</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XX)</h2>
            <div><h3>What a special day today</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXI)</h2>
            <div><h3>A swing state that catches all attention during the US presidential election (by its name)</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXII)</h2>
            <div><h3>Misheard Cantopop lyrics</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Chinese (XXII a)</h2>
            <div><h3>Oh I missed something?!</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXIII)</h2>
            <div><h3>Let’s talk about “food”</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXIV)</h2>
            <div><h3>Watermelon?</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXV)</h2>
            <div><h3>A legendary bad girl</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXVI)</h2>
            <div><h3>A football match that confuses the men of Hong Kong</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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            <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXVII)</h2>
            <div><h3>Fatter than…What??</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXVIII)</h2> <div><h3>A Hongkongese MC/actor who oddly looks like a cartoon character</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*RAEeEGtBS0y29Cvh.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="caa7" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/egg-50819c8f758c"> <div> <div> <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXIX)</h2> <div><h3>A typo that kinda makes sense</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*Hpa4FhoTycYzY6am)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="582b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/councillor-leung-kwok-hung-65bb130da6c9"> <div> <div> <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXX)</h2> <div><h3>When lawmakers become memes</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: 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English/Cantonese (XXXIII)</h2> <div><h3>Hongkongers will forever remember a scene of Massimo Ambrosini</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*KERQbf_g9oGCDPUCWBgNBA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="aee5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/route-11-bus-8e9dda8a4026"> <div> <div> <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXXIV)</h2> <div><h3>A bus route with almost 100% reliability</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*u8YxE01BlbvBWpkg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="257f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/fierce-urchin-6ab8251262b8"> <div> <div> <h2>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXXV)</h2> <div><h3>Something too fierce (-ish)</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: 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<div> <div> <h2>The Late Queen Elizabeth II Was Not a Queen to Hongkongers</h2> <div><h3>Hong Kong English/Cantonese (XXXVIII)</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*G14v7zmgrJIoNu4S)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="e18c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/flower-gazing-apricot-kernel-drink-544ba98d0726"> <div> <div> <h2>Food Created by the Hong Kong Government</h2> <div><h3>Let’s look back in years</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*TqtVxKyhNMja8S2a)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="0f3a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/fatty-water-and-gweilo-herbal-tea-7adf1bedd544"> <div> <div> <h2>Soda and Beer Have Weird Nicknames in Hong Kong</h2> <div><h3>Well, you should know these.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div 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Rednaxela Terrace, Hong Kong. Photo from Rachel Cheung. Image found on South China Morning Post.

Hong Kong English/Cantonese: Collection

This is a contents page for all my articles regarding Cantonese slangs/phrases. And the articles are written in English.

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