旗艦

See also: 旗舰

Chinese

		banner; flag	warship
trad. (旗艦)		旗	艦
simp. (旗舰)		旗	舰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ laam⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíjiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-chien⁴
  - Yale: chí-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyijiann
  - Palladius: цицзянь (ciczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    旗艦／旗舰
    歧見／歧见
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ laam⁶
  - Yale: kèih laahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ laam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ lam⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ laːm²²/

Noun

旗艦

flagship (ship carrying the commanding admiral)

Adjective

旗艦

(figurative, attributive) flagship; chief; showcase

Derived terms

旗艦店／旗舰店 (qíjiàndiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旗	艦
き Grade: 4	かん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Possibly coined in Japan as a compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 旗 (ki, “flag”) +‎ 艦 (kan, “warship, navy ship”), from the way that a fleet commander's signal flags would be flown from the mast of the flagship.^[1]

Alternately, possibly from Middle Chinese compound 旗艦 (*ghiə *ɣam). Compare modern Chinese traditional 旗艦／旗舰 (qíjiàn) and simplified 旗舰 (qíjiàn).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きかん [kìkáń] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) きかん [kìkáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) きかん [kíꜜkàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲi̥kã̠ɴ]

Noun

旗(き)艦(かん) • (kikan)

flagship

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
旗	艦

Noun

旗艦 • (giham) (hangeul 기함)

hanja form^? of 기함 (“flagship”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
旗	艦

Noun

旗艦

chữ Hán form of kì hạm (“flagship”).

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] 4.0 ^4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]