升旗

Chinese

		to raise; to hoist; to promote to raise; to hoist; to promote; pint	banner; flag
simp. and trad. (升旗)		升	旗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ kei⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng¹ gi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengcí
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: shēng-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchyi
    • Palladius: шэнци (šɛnci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing¹ kei⁴
    • Yale: sīng kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 升旗 星期

• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng¹ gi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seng kî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ³³⁻²³ ki⁵⁵/

Verb

升旗

1. to raise a flag

   升旗儀式／升旗仪式  ―  shēngqí yíshì  ―  flag-raising ceremony

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 升旗 (“to raise a flag”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		升旗
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	升旗
	Singapore	升旗
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	升旗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	扯旗
	Hong Kong	升旗, 扯旗
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	扯旗
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	扯旗

Derived terms

• 升旗禮 (shēngqílǐ)