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紅旗

简红旗 · 繁紅旗

Mandarin · pinyin hóng qí#

red flag
Classifier: 面 miàn

Mandarin · pinyin Hóng qí#

see 紅旗區 Hóng qí Qū

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紅: hóng · red, vermillion; blush, flush
旗: qí · banner, flag, streamer
红: hóng · red, vermillion; blush, flush

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2–2 · hong2 qi2

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hung4 kei4

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noun

red flag; red banner (Classifier: 面 m; 支 c)
(Mainland China, figurative) advancement
(Hong Kong) a red banner used by the police: "Stop Charging or We Use Force / 停止衝擊，否則使用武力"

name

(～村) Hongqi (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
(～村) Hongqi (a village in Huilong, Fang, Shiyan, Hubei, China)
(～社區) Hongqi (a community in Zhucheng, Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

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