花街

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	street
trad. (花街)		花	街
simp. #(花街)		花	街

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huājiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ gaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huājiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huajie
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-chieh¹
    • Yale: hwā-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajie
    • Palladius: хуацзе (xuacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ gaai¹
    • Yale: fā gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

花街

1. red-light district

Synonyms

• 紅燈區／红灯区 (hóngdēngqū)
• 煙花柳巷／烟花柳巷 (yānhuā liǔxiàng)
• 煙花巷／烟花巷 (yānhuāxiàng)
• 聲色場所／声色场所 (shēngsè chǎngsuǒ)
• 煙花市／烟花市 (yānhuāshì)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
花	街
はな Grade: 1	まち Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Noun

花(はな)街(まち) • (hanamachi) 

1. a red-light district; a licensed quarter for geisha
   • 1894, Edo hanamachi enkaku shi [History of the development of Edo hanamachi], page 23:

     遊女(ゆうじょ)と遊客(ゆうかく)とを叙(じょ)する所以(ゆえん)のものは誠(まこと)に此(この)二者(にしゃ)こそは花街(はなまち)に於(お)ける大勢力(だいせいりょく)なれはゐり

     Yūjo to yūkaku to o josuru yuen no mono wa makotoni kono nisha koso wa hanamachi ni okeru daiseiryoku narehairi

     Since prostitutes and their customers certainly will associate, there is a great mutual necessity for hanamachi

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
花	街
か Grade: 1	がい Grade: 4
kan’on

Noun

花(か)街(がい) • (kagai) 

1. a red-light district