旗子 (qí zi) — flag, banner, pennant | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

flagbannerpennant

Measure word · 面

Examples

旗子。
Wǒ men xué xiào zài mén kǒu guà le yí miàn qí zi.
Our school hung a flag at the entrance.
，旗子。
Bǐ sài kāi shǐ shí, cái pàn jǔ qǐ le shǒu zhōng de qí zi.
At the start of the match, the referee raised the flag in his hand.
旗子。
Dà jiē xiǎo xiàng dōu chā mǎn le cǎi sè de qí zi.
The streets and alleys are all filled with colorful flags.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

子zǐsuffix

旗 names a flag and 子 gives the concrete thing sense, yielding a flag.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

㫃㫃㫃flag

Sound part声符shēngfú

其

其qí旗qí

Same sound today

旗 pairs 㫃, a flag, with 其, which gives the pronunciation qí.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.

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