Guotai
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Guotai | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 國泰[民安] | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 国泰[民安] | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | The country flourishes, [and the people are peaceful] | ||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Cathay (disambiguation)
- Kuo Tai-yuan
- Terry Gou Tai-ming
- Thailand (Chinese: 泰國)