嘉罅寬

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Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (嘉罅寬)
simp. (嘉罅宽)
alternative forms 加罅寬加罅宽

Etymology

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Borrowed from English California, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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嘉罅寬

  1. () (dated) California (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

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References

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  • Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia[1], page 7