花旗

Chinese

flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
banner; flag
trad. (花旗)
simp. #(花旗)
Literally: “variegated flag; particolored flag (Star-Spangled Banner)”.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

花旗

  1. Star-Spangled Banner; Stars and Stripes (American flag)
  2. (~國) (dated or dialectal) United States (a country in North America) [from 1820]
    花旗 [Cantonese]  ―  faa1 kei4 jan4 [Jyutping]  ―  US American[1]

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (花旗):
  • Vietnamese: Hoa Kì (花旗), Hoa Kỳ (花旗)

References

  1. ^ Nicholas B. Dennys (1874) A Handbook of the Canton Vernacular of the Chinese Language (overall work in English and Cantonese), BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 88

Further reading

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

花旗

  1. chữ Hán form of Hoa Kỳ: United States (a country in North America)