Guotai or Guo Tai is the
atonal
Atonality in its broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key. ''Atonality'', in this sense, usually describes compositions written from about the early 20th-century to the present day, where a hierarchy of harmonies focusing on a s ...
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...
romanization
Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...
of various
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
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
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Guotai Junan Securities
Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. (GTJA) is one of the largest investment banks and securities companies in the People's Republic of China.
Overview
Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd., was established on August 18, 1999 after the merger of former ...
, 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
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (CPA), more widely known as Cathay Pacific (), is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations and subsidiaries have sc ...
, is a Hong Kong-based airline, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as ''Guotai hangkong''
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Cathay Bank
Cathay Bank () is an American bank founded in 1962.
Cathay is headquartered in Chinatown, Los Angeles, with a corporate center in nearby El Monte, California. It has branches in California, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Washington, I ...
, 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
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Cathay United Bank
Cathay United Bank () is one of the largest commercial banks in Taiwan, with a capital value of TW$67 billion (approximately US$2.23 billion) and more than 165 branches located throughout Taiwan. It is part of Cathay Financial Holdings.
History
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, a Taiwanese financial services company, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as ''Guotai Shihua Yinhang''
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Cathay Life Insurance
Cathay Life Insurance () is a life insurance company in Taiwan founded in 1962.
The firm offers life, health, and annuities. In 2017, Cathay ranked 411th on the Fortune Global 500.
History
The firm was founded in 1962 by Tsai Wan-lin and family ...
, a Taiwanese insurance company, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as ''Guotai Renshou''
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Cathay Organisation
Cathay Organisation Holdings Limited is one of Singapore's leisure and entertainment groups. It has the first THX cinema hall and digital cinema in Singapore. The group has operations in Singapore and Malaysia.
History
Associated Theatres L ...
, a Singapore film company, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as ''Guotai Jigou''
** , formerly known as Motion Picture & General Investment, a Hong Kong-based film company and a subsidiary of Cathay Organisation
Buildings
* , a historical landmark movie theatre in Shanghai, also known as its pinyin transliteration of its Chinese name as ''Guotai Dianyingyuan''
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The Cathay
The Cathay is a mixed-use 17-storey cinema, shopping mall and apartment building located at Handy Road and Mount Sophia in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore.
History
Owned and managed by Cathay Organisation, the original building was open ...
, a historical landmark movie theatre in Singapore that was owned by Cathay Organisation
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Cathay City
Cathay Pacific City (), often referred as Cathay City, is the headquarters of Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's flag-carrying airline. It is located at Hong Kong International Airport, on the south side.
History
The airline built Cathay Pacific City s ...
, headquarters of Cathay Pacific Airways
Names
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Guotai (given name)
Guotai is a pinyin transliteration of a Chinese given name; in Cantonese dialect, it may also transliteration as Kwok Tai; in Singapore and Malaysia, as Kok Thay, may refer to:
* Zhou Guotai, a Chinese military general
* Law Kwok-tai, Republic ...
, also in the form of Kowk Tai, Kok Thay
* (, aka ), a Chinese scholar-official of Eastern Han dynasty
* Qing dynasty Chinese people, also known as his alternative name Guotai ()
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Lady Wu (), a fictional character in the ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', Guotai () was her nickname
See also
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Cathay (disambiguation)
Cathay is an alternative historical name for China. It may also refer to:
Places:
* Cathay, California, former name of Catheys Valley, California
* Cathay, North Dakota, United States
* Cathays, a district of Cardiff, the capital of Wales
* , a ...
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Kuo Tai-yuan
Kuo Tai-yuan (; ja, かく たいげん (Kaku Taigen); born 20 March 1962) is a Taiwanese retired NPB baseball pitcher, and currently a baseball coach.
With 117 wins accumulated during his 13 seasons pitching for the Seibu Lions, Kuo set the rec ...
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Terry Gou
Terry Gou (; born 18 October 1950) is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman who is the Founder and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Foxconn. Foxconn is the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, with factories in sev ...
Tai-ming
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Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
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Romanization of Chinese