米字旗
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米字旗
Chinese
| rice; metre | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word |
banner; flag | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (米字旗) | 米 | 字 | 旗 | |
| simp. #(米字旗) | 米 | 字 | 旗 | |
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Etymology
Apparently from the flag's resemblance of the Chinese character 米 (mǐ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Mǐzìhcí
- Wade–Giles: Mi3-tzŭ4-chʻi2
- Yale: Mǐ-dz̀-chí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Miitzyhchyi
- Palladius: Мицзыци (Miczyci)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mai5 zi6 kei4
- Yale: máih jih kèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mai5 dzi6 kei4
- Guangdong Romanization: mei5 ji6 kéi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐi̯¹³ t͡siː²² kʰei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
米字旗
- Union Jack
- 在1997年6月30日的最後一分鐘，米字旗在香港最後一次降下，英國對香港長達一個半世紀的統治宣告終結。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1997 July 1, 周婷 (Zhou Ting), 杨兴 (Yang Xing) , 《别了，不列颠尼亚》
- Zài 1997 nián 6 yuè 30 rì de zuìhòu yī fēnzhōng, Mǐzìqí zài Xiānggǎng zuìhòu yīcì jiàngxià, Yīngguó duì Xiānggǎng chángdá yīgebàn shìjì de tǒngzhì xuāngào zhōngjié.
- At the last minute on 30 June 1997, the Union Jack is lowered in Hong Kong for its last time, and the one-and-a-half century British rule in Hong Kong ends.
在1997年6月30日的最后一分钟，米字旗在香港最后一次降下，英国对香港长达一个半世纪的统治宣告终结。 [MSC, simp.]