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 (Jyutping): dang² hau⁶ neoi⁵ wong⁴ faat³ lok⁶

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• 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/

Phrase

等候女皇發落

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／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).