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)
An abbreviation is written differently from the expanded form but is pronounced the same. Examples: 1  Mr., which stands for mister and is pronounced mister. 2  ft., which stands for feet and is pronounced feet. 3  etc., which stands for et cetera and is pronounced et cetera.