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

Etymology

Apparently from the flag's resemblance of the Chinese character 米 (mǐ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mǐzìqí

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄗˋ ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵ zi⁶ kei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mǐzìqí
  - 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/
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/

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.]
  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.]
  From: 1997 July 1, 周婷 (Zhou Ting), 杨兴 (Yang Xing) [pseudonym; 周树春 (Zhou Shuchun), 杨国强 (Yang Guoqiang), 徐兴堂 (Xu Xingtang), 胥晓婷 (Xu Xiaoting)], 《别了，不列颠尼亚》 [Farewell, Britannia]
  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. [Pinyin]
  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.

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