旌旗

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngqí

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

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

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): /*eŋ (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	/*eŋ/	/*(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. * 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

(literally) banner; flag
- 凡軍事，建旌旗。
  凡军事，建旌旗。
  From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE
  Fán jūnshì, jiàn jīngqí.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 山下旌旗在望，山頭鼓角相聞。
  山下旌旗在望，山头鼓角相闻。
  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.
  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‎, performed by 香港基督徒音樂事工協會 :
  
  高舉神是我的旌旗，面對世間衝擊
  高举神是我的旌旗，面对世间冲击
  gou¹ geoi² san⁴ si⁶ ngo⁵ dik¹ sing¹ kei⁴, min⁶ deoi³ sai³ gaan¹ cung¹ gik¹
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(literary, metonymic) soldiers

Synonyms

(banner):

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

(soldiers):

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)
部卒 (bùzú) (dated)

Derived terms

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 (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

旌(せい)旗(き) • (seiki)

banner; flag

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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