旌旗

Chinese

		banner; make manifest	banner; flag
simp. and trad. (旌旗)		旌	旗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ kei⁴ / sing¹ kei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingcí
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: jīng-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingchyi
    • Palladius: цзинци (czinci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 旌旗 經期／经期 驚奇／惊奇

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹ kei⁴ / sing¹ kei⁴
    • Yale: jīng kèih / sīng kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ kei⁴ / sing¹ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ kéi⁴ / xing¹ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/, /sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 升旗 星期

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-kî
    • Tâi-lô: sing-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengkii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjeng gi

Rime
Character	旌	旗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子盈切	渠之切
Baxter	tsjeng	gi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋ/	/ɡɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋ/	/ɡɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋ/	/ɡie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋ/	/gɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋ/	/ɡiə/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋ/	/ɡĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋ/	/gi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]eŋ  [ɡ](r)ə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleŋ  ɡɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	旌	旗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīng	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjeng ›	‹ gi ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]eŋ/	/*[ɡ](r)ə/
English	pennon, banner	flag
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	旌	旗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11336	9948
Phonetic component	生	其
Rime group	耕	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	精	其
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleŋ/	/*ɡɯ/

Noun

旌旗

1. (literally) banner; flag

   • 凡軍事，建旌旗。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     凡军事，建旌旗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Fán jūnshì, jiàn jīngqí. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 山下旌旗在望，山頭鼓角相聞。 [MSC, trad.]
     山下旌旗在望，山头鼓角相闻。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1928, Mao Zedong, 《西江月·井冈山》 (“Mount Jinggang”), English translation by Xu Yuanchong

     Shān xià jīngqí zài wàng, Shāntóu gǔ jiǎo xiàng wén. [Pinyin]

     Flags and banners in sight below. Drum-beats mingle atop with bugle-blast.

   • 1998, “耶和華尼西”, in 鄭楚萍 (lyrics), 吉中鳴 (music), 祢是王‎^[1], performed by 香港基督徒音樂事工協會 [HKACM]:

     高舉神是我的旌旗，面對世間衝擊 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     高举神是我的旌旗，面对世间冲击 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     gou¹ geoi² san⁴ si⁶ ngo⁵ dik¹ sing¹ kei⁴, min⁶ deoi³ sai³ gaan¹ cung¹ gik¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (literary, metonymically) soldiers

Synonyms

• (banner):

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• 旗仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 旗子 (qízi)
• 旗幟／旗帜 (qízhì)
• 旗號／旗号 (qíhào) (chiefly historical)
• 標／标 (biāo)

 

• (soldiers):

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• 兵人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 兵仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 兵勇 (bīngyǒng) (dated)
• 兵卒 (bīngzú) (dated)
• 兵員／兵员 (bīngyuán)
• 兵士 (bīngshì)
• 兵跤仔 (Hokkien, dated)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 士兵 (shìbīng)
• 士卒 (shìzú) (archaic)
• 大兵 (dàbīng) (dated, sometimes derogatory)
• 師徒／师徒 (shītú) (Classical Chinese)
• 戰士／战士 (zhànshì)
• 武人 (wǔrén)
• 武士 (wǔshì)
• 武夫 (wǔfū) (literary)
• 營兵／营兵 (Hokkien, dated)
• 甲士 (jiǎshì) (archaic)
• 軍人／军人 (jūnrén)
• 軍士／军士 (jūnshì)

 

Derived terms

• 旌旗所指
• 旌旗蔽天
• 旌旗蔽日 (jīngqíbìrì)
• 旌旗蔽空

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (旌旗):

• → Japanese: 旌(せい)旗(き) (seiki)
• → Korean: 정기(旌旗) (jeonggi)
• → Vietnamese: tinh kì (旌旗)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旌	旗
せい Hyōgai	き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーき [séꜜèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːkʲi]

Noun

旌(せい)旗(き) • (seiki) 

1. banner; flag