Fa-ke
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Chinese Pidgin English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Cantonese 花旗 (faa1 kei4).
Noun[edit]
Fa-ke
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 105: “Fa-ke: American—i.e., “flower-flag” (Canton only).”