花旗

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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

Proper noun

花旗

  1. Star-Spangled Banner; Stars and Stripes (American flag)
  2. (dated or dialectal) United States (a country in North America)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 美國 (“United States”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 美利堅合眾國, 美國
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 美國
Singapore 美國
Cantonese Guangzhou 美國, 金山 dated
Hong Kong 美國, 花旗國 dated
Taishan 美國, 花旗, 金山
Kaiping (Chikan) 金山
Singapore (Guangfu) 美國
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 美國, 米國, 亞美利加
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 米國, 亞美利加
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 美國, 米國, 亞美利加
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 美國, 米國, 亞美利加
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 美國, 米國, 亞美利加
Southern Min Xiamen 美國
Quanzhou 美國
Jinjiang 花旗
Zhangzhou 美國
Tainan 美國
Penang (Hokkien) 美國
Singapore (Hokkien) 美國
Manila (Hokkien) 美國, 花旗
Singapore (Teochew) 美國
Wu Shanghai 美國, 花旗

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
花旗

Proper noun

花旗

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