等候女皇發落
Chinese
| to wait for; to await | empress; queen; the Empress | to handle; to deal with; to punish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (等候女皇發落) | 等候 | 女皇 | 發落 | |
| simp. (等候女皇发落) | 等候 | 女皇 | 发落 | |
| alternative forms | 等候英女皇發落／等候英女皇发落 | |||
| Literally: “To be dealt by the Queen”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dang2 hau6 neoi5 wong4 faat3 lok6
- Yale: dáng hauh néuih wòhng faat lohk
- Cantonese Pinyin: dang2 hau6 noey5 wong4 faat8 lok9
- Guangdong Romanization: deng2 heo6 nêu5 wong4 fad3 log6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐŋ³⁵ hɐu̯²² nɵy̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹ faːt̚³ lɔːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Phrase
等候女皇發落
- (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／等候行政长官的酌情决定 (“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).