花旗

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huāqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ kei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hoe-kî / Hoa-kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huāqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huací
    • Wade–Giles: Hua¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: Hwā-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huachyi
    • Palladius: Хуаци (Xuaci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ kei⁴
    • Yale: fā kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoe-kî
    • Tâi-lô: Hue-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /hue³³ ki²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hoa-kî
    • Tâi-lô: Hua-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'kii
    • IPA (Taipei): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² ki¹³/

Proper noun

1. Star-Spangled Banner; Stars and Stripes (American flag)
2. (obsolete or Southern Min) United States of America

Synonyms

• (flag): 星條旗／星条旗 (Xīngtiáoqí)
• (USA):

(deprecated template usage)

• 米國／米国 (Mǐguó) (Internet slang, often humorous)
• 美利堅／美利坚 (Měilìjiān) (dated)
• 美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)
• 美國／美国 (Měiguó)
• 美帝 (měidì) (colloquial, slang, often derogatory)
• 花旗國／花旗国 (Huāqíguó) (obsolete)
• 金山 (gam¹ saan¹) (Cantonese, dated)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (花旗):

• → Vietnamese: Hoa Kỳ (花旗)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
花	旗

Proper noun

花旗

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