光復香港、時代革命

Chinese

		to recover; to recapture; to restore to recover; to recapture; to restore; Guangfu	Hong Kong		times; age; epoch times; age; epoch; era; period of time; period of time in one's life	to change destiny; to revolt; to start a revolution to change destiny; to revolt; to start a revolution; to revolutionize; to transform completely
trad. (光復香港、時代革命)		光復	香港	、	時代	革命
simp. (光复香港、时代革命)		光复	香港	、	时代	革命

Etymology

The slogan as depicted on a 2019 Hong Kong protests flag.

Coined by Hong Kong independence activist Edward Leung in 2016, later used extensively during the 2019 Hong Kong protests as an anti-Chinese and pro-independence slogan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngfù Xiānggǎng, shídài gémìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄤˇ , ㄕˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ fuk⁶ hoeng¹ gong², si⁴ doi⁶ gaak³ ming⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngfù Xiānggǎng, shídài gémìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄤˇ , ㄕˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangfù Sianggǎng, shíhdài gémìng
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-fu⁴ Hsiang¹-kang³, shih²-tai⁴ ko²-ming⁴
    • Yale: gwāng-fù Syāng-gǎng-, shŕ-dài gé-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangfuh Shianggaang, shyrday germinq
    • Palladius: гуанфу Сянган, шидай гэмин (guanfu Sjangan, šidaj gɛmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ kɤ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ fuk⁶ hoeng¹ gong², si⁴ doi⁶ gaak³ ming⁶
    • Yale: gwōng fuhk hēung góng, sìh doih gaak mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ fuk⁹ hoeng¹ gong², si⁴ doi⁶ gaak⁸ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ fug⁶ hêng¹ gong², xi⁴ doi⁶ gag³ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ fʊk̚² hœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵ siː²¹ tɔːi̯²² kaːk̚³ mɪŋ²²/

Phrase

光復香港、時代革命

1. (politics) Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times, a slogan calling for support for the 2019 Hong Kong protests

   光復香港、時代革命 [MSC, trad.]
   光复香港、时代革命 [MSC, simp.]

   guāngfùxiānggǎng, shídàigémìng [Pinyin]

   Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times

Usage notes

• Used by Hong Kong independence activists.