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
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)