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): ㄏㄨㄚㄐㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ gaai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huājiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄐㄧㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajie
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ gaai¹
  - Yale: fā gāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ gaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ gai¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fäː⁵⁵ käːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

花街

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

花街 (hiragana はなまち, rōmaji hanamachi)

a red-light district; a licensed quarter for geisha
- 1894, Edo hanamachi enkaku shi [History of the development of Edo hanamachi], page 23:
  
  遊 (ゆう)女 (じょ)と遊客 (ゆうかく)とを叙 (じょ)する所 (ゆ)以 (えん)のものは誠 (まこと)に此 (この)二 (に)者 (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 narehawiri
  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

花街 (hiragana かがい, rōmaji kagai)

a red-light district

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