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英jing1廷ting4

jing1 ting4yīng tínginferred

English

  1. a popular title for the Government of the United Kingdom in Hong Kong, corresponding to the Qing court; literally: British court

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 香港民間對英國政府嘅稱呼,取自「大英帝國朝廷」,同當時清廷相對應

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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