Fa-lan-sai

Chinese Pidgin English

Etymology

Borrowed from French français, perhaps via Chinese 法蘭西／法兰西.

Adjective

Fa-lan-sai

  1. French
    • 1906, Herbert Strang, Brown of Moukden: A story of the Russo-Japanese War (in English), New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 37:
      “No wantchee Fa-lan-sai man he dollar,” he said.

Derived terms

References
  • Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 105: “Fa-lan-sai: French; Francais. “fa-Ian-sai-side”[sic]; the French Concession, Shanghai.”
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