Guotai

Guotai
Traditional Chinese	國泰[民安]
Simplified Chinese	国泰[民安]
Literal meaning	The country flourishes, [and the people are peaceful]
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin guótài [mínān] Wade–Giles kuo t‘ai, [min an] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gwok3 taai3, [man4 on1]

Guotai or Guo Tai is the atonal pinyin romanization of various Chinese words and names, usually in reference to a traditional expression about a peaceful and prosperous era in a country's history.

It may refer to:

Business

• Guotai Junan Securities, a Chinese listed company, a securities broker and an investment bank, that formed by a merger
  • Guotai Junan Futures, a subsidiary of Guotai Junan Securities
  • Guotai Junan International Holdings, a listed company based in Hong Kong and a subsidiary of Guotai Junan Securities
  • Guotai Securities, a predecessor of Guotai Junan Securities
• Cathay Pacific Airways, known as just Cathay Pacific, is a Hong Kong-based airline, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as Guotai hangkong
• Cathay Bank, a United States bank that was specialized for Chinese communities, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as Guotai Yinhang
  • Cathay General Bancorp, parent company of Cathay Bank, a listed company in NASDAQ
• Cathay United Bank, a Taiwanese financial services company, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as Guotai Shihua Yinhang
• Cathay Life Insurance, a Taiwanese insurance company, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as Guotai Renshou
• Cathay Organisation, a Singapore film company, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as Guotai Jigou
  • Cathay Organisation (Hong Kong), formerly known as Motion Picture & General Investment, a Hong Kong-based film company and a subsidiary of Cathay Organisation

Buildings

• Cathay Theatre, a historical landmark movie theatre in Shanghai, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as Guotai Dianyingyuan
• The Cathay, a historical landmark movie theatre in Singapore that was owned by Cathay Organisation
• Cathay City, headquarters of Cathay Pacific Airways

Names

• Guotai (given name), also in the form of Kowk Tai, Kok Thay
• Guo Tai (Chinese: 郭泰, aka 郭太), a Chinese scholar-official of Eastern Han dynasty
• Shen Zujian Qing dynasty Chinese people, also known as his alternative name Guotai (Chinese: 果臺; pinyin: Guǒtái)
• Lady Wu (Chinese: 吳國太), a fictional character in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guotai (國太) was her nickname

See also

• Cathay (disambiguation)
• Kuo Tai-yuan
• Terry Gou Tai-ming
• Thailand (Chinese: 泰國)