等候英女皇發落

Chinese

		to wait for; to await	the British Queen	to handle; to deal with; to punish
trad. (等候英女皇發落)		等候	英女皇	發落
simp. (等候英女皇发落)		等候	英女皇	发落
alternative forms		等候女皇發落／等候女皇发落
Literally: “To be dealt by the British Queen”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² hau⁶ jing¹ neoi⁵ wong⁴ faat³ lok⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang² hau⁶ jing¹ neoi⁵ wong⁴ faat³ lok⁶
    • Yale: dáng hauh yīng néuih wòhng faat lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang² hau⁶ jing¹ noey⁵ wong⁴ faat⁸ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng² heo⁶ ying¹ nêu⁵ wong⁴ fad³ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ hɐu̯²² jɪŋ⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹ faːt̚³ lɔːk̚²/

Phrase

等候英女皇發落

1. (Hong Kong, historical) at Her Majesty's pleasure (indefinite imprisonment)

Usage notes

Term changed to 等候行政長官的酌情決定 (“at the Chief Executive's discretion”) after handover until the mechanism was quashed by the High Court for being inconsistent with the Hong Kong Basic Law (Yau Kwong Man v Secretary for Security [2002] 3 HKC 457).