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. (dated or dialectal) United States (a country in North America) [from 1820]

Synonyms

  • 美帝 (měidì) (colloquial, slang, often derogatory)
  • 金山 (Cantonese, dated)
  • 亞墨利加亚墨利加 (obsolete)
  • 米國米国 (Mǐguó) (Internet slang, often humorous)

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

  • Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), 花旗”, in 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese and Min Nan), Taihoku: 同府 (Dōfu), →OCLC

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Proper noun

花旗

  1. chữ Hán form of Hoa Kỳ (United States, United States of America).
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