Fa-lan-sai
Chinese Pidgin English
Etymology
Borrowed from French français, perhaps via Chinese 法蘭西／法兰西.
Adjective
Fa-lan-sai
- French
- 1906, Herbert Strang, Brown of Moukden: A story of the Russo-Japanese War (in English), New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 37:
- “No wantchee Fa-lan-sai man he dollar,” he said.
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Derived terms
- Fa-lan-sai-side
References
- 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-lan-sai: French; Francais. “fa-Ian-sai-side”[sic]; the French Concession, Shanghai.”