HSK 6 · Objects

旗帜 qízhì “flag” in Chinese

Traditional 旗幟

What 旗帜 means

  1. flag
  2. banner
  3. ensign

How to say 旗帜

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale旗qí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale帜zhì4th tone, falling

旗帜 in a sentence

  1. 旗帜是国家象征。

    Qízhì shì guójiā xiàngzhēng.

    A flag is a national symbol.

    Sentence #2520860 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 旗帜是蓝色的。

    Qízhì shì lánsè de.

    The flag is blue.

    Sentence #10563966 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 这是什么旗帜？

    Zhè shì shénme qízhì?

    What flag is this?

    Sentence #5250643 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 旗帜 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 旗 (qí) drawn as one shape
旗qíflag

旗 is a single shape of 14 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 帜 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
帜zhìflag
  • 巾napkin · jīnMeaning part
  • 只only · zhǐSound part

巾 hints at the meaning (napkin); 只 (zhǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 旗帜

旗 14 strokes · 帜 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

旗帜 (qízhì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 旗帜 (qízhì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 旗帜

Words with 旗

旗袍qípáo · qipao

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FAQs

旗帜 (qízhì) means “flag” or “banner”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qízhì: qí with a 2nd tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 旗帜 is written 旗幟. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qizhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 旗帜 from the suggestions. Typing qizhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
旗帜 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.