旗 is also the simplified spelling of 旂.
旗
Meanings
Characters in this entry
- 旗
- qí · banner, flag, streamer
Explore the spelling
Mandarin tones
2 · qi2
Compare attested words with these syllables ↗Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.
Connected dictionary
Sentences in context
Exact source-spelling matches. Open the reader for dictionary lookups, construction notes and related examples. Occurrence does not establish a particular dictionary sense.
Read this spelling in Classical texts
Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
kei4
Cantonese word readings for 旗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack
Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- flag; banner (Classifier: 面 m; 支 c mn-t)
- (historical) banner (type of administrative and military division under the Qing dynasty)
- banner (type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, taxi driver jargon) fare; customer; trip (Classifier: 支 c)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) opium pipe
- a surname
Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack