旗 (kei4 | qi2) : flag, banner

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旗

kei4

qi2

[1] flag; banner; pennant; standard; ensign
[2] banner [administrative division of the county level in Inner Mongolia and Qinghai]
[3] "Eight Banners" [military administrative organizations of the Manchu nationality during the Qing Dynasty]; of the Manchus

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 方 (#70)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

旗

This word has been viewed 8855 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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旗牌 kei4 paai4 qi2 pai2 = flag or banner

扐旗 fik6 kei4 = wave a flag 粵

旗杆 kei4 gon1 qi2 gan1 = flagpole; flagstaff

花旗 faa1 kei4 hua1 qi2 = the America flag: the Star-Spangled Banner

扯旗 ce2 kei4 = raising a flag; erection 粵

國旗 gwok3 kei4 guo2 qi2 = national flag

旗子 kei4 zi2 qi2 zi5 = flag; banner

旗幟 kei4 ci3 qi2 zhi4 = flag; ensign

旗袍 kei4 pou4*2 qi2 pao2 = cheongsam

升旗 sing1 kei4 = raise a flag
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Showing 1 example containing 旗

佢揸住國旗搰嚟搰去粵
He is swaying the flag that is in his hands.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 旗
Unicode code for this character: U+65d7 (off-site link)

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