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): /xu̯a̠⁵⁵ 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): /fɑː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream 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): 美國／美国 (Měiguó)

Derived terms

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 word
花	旗

Proper noun

花旗

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

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