Until 1913, the official time standard for the whole of China was still the apparent solar time of Beijing, the capital of the country at the time. Starting in 1914, the Republic of China government began adopting the Beijing Local Mean Solar Time as the official time standard.
(titles) (of a man): Mr (Mister, mister), Sir (sir); (of a woman): Ms (Miz, mizz), Mrs (Mistress, mistress), Miss (miss), Dame (dame), (of a non-binary person): Mixter: Mx; (see also): Dr (Doctor, doctor), Madam (madam, ma'am)
a French title of address equivalent to sir when used alone or Mr when placed before a name [literally: my lord] monâ¢sieur (mÉËsyÅ) n., pl. mesâ¢sieurs (mÉËsyÅ) the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir. [1490â1500; < French: literally, my lord; see sire]