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): ㄏㄨㄚㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ kei⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Hoe-kî / Hoa-kî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Huāqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄑㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huachyi
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    花旗
    花期
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ kei⁴
  - Yale: fā kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ kéi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fäː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (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

花旗

Star-Spangled Banner; Stars and Stripes (American flag)
(obsolete or Min Nan) United States of America

Synonyms

(flag): 星條旗／星条旗 (Xīngtiáoqí)
(USA):

移民之邦 (yímín zhī bāng) (figuratively)
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)

Derived terms

花旗仔
花旗佬
花旗參／花旗参 (huāqíshēn)

花旗國／花旗国 (Huāqíguó)
花旗裝／花旗装
花旗銀行／花旗银行 (Huāqí Yínháng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (花旗):

→ Vietnamese: Hoa Kỳ (花旗)

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
花	旗

Proper noun

花旗

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

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