扯旗

Chinese

		pull; tear; to talk casually	banner; flag
simp. and trad. (扯旗)		扯	旗

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce² kei⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce² kei⁴
    • Yale: ché kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse² kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé² kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː³⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

Verb

扯旗

1. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, Shadi Wu) to raise a flag; to hoist a flag

   扯旗山 [Cantonese]  ―  ce² kei⁴ saan¹ [Jyutping]  ―  Victoria Peak (literally Flag-raising Peak)

2. (Cantonese, vulgar, figurative, of the penis) to be erect; to have an erection

Synonyms

• (to raise a flag):

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		升旗
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

• (to have an erection):

Dialectal synonyms of 勃起 (“to have an erection”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		勃起
Mandarin	Taiwan	勃起
	Chengdu	雄起
	Malaysia	硬
	Singapore	硬
Cantonese	Hong Kong	扯旗, 扯, 起機, 偷柴
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	起磅
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	硬起來
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	硬
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	𫞻起來
Jin	Xinzhou	起陽兒
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	起雞
	Zhao'an	翹
	Kaohsiung	起磅
	Haifeng	拍飛機

Derived terms

• 扯旗山