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flag (of a country) / CL:
HSK 6
Chinese-style dress / cheongsam
HSK 7-9
ensign / flag
HSK 7-9
silk banner (as an award or gift)
HSK 7-9
Hongqi district of Xinxiang city 新鄉市|新乡市, Henan
red flag / CL:
American ginseng
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  *旗* | 旗* | *旗
banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县 county / CL:
under the banner of
district flag
to raise a flag / to hoist a flag
flag / banner / CL:
white flag
a war flag / an army banner
flagship
Sheqi county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳, Henan
to show one's colors / to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose") / flag signal; semaphore
colored flag
a flag carrier (army) / ensign
the Stars and Stripes (US flag) / by extension, the United States of America / abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
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  *旗* | 旗* | *旗
flag / variant of
Evenk Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
flagpole
banner
Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头, Inner Mongolia
gonfanon / banner
half-mast / half-staff
lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success / success in a single move
to lower a flag / to strike the colors
Manchu / bannerman (refers to the eight Manchu banners 八旗)
lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched / roughly comparable (opponents)
lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback / to prepare for new initiatives / to attempt a comeback
team pennant
to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on / to give support to
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in
Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States
flag
flag signals (for communicating between ships or army units); semaphore
Wuqi town and county, Shaanxi / old spelling of Wuqi 吳起|吴起
to pull and capture the enemy's flag
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
Citibank / abbr. to 花旗
vertical banner (for display at exhibitions, advertising hung from poles in the street etc)
Ejin Banner in Alxa League 阿拉善盟, Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Old Barag banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
Sonid Right banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Otog Front banner or Otgiin Ömnöd khoshuu in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia
Jungar Banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia
flag or banner
Manchu household register (during the Qing Dynasty)
signaling flag
Bairin Left banner of Baarin Züün khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia
New Barag left banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
Oroqin Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia / also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗
Ejin Horo banner (Ejen Khoruu khoshuu) in Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia
Bordered Yellow banner or Hövööt Shar khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
triangular flag; pennant
Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
Otog banner or Otgiin khoshuu in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia
Manchurian soldier
emperor's or general's banner erected on an ivory-tipped pole at a military camp or headquarters (in ancient times)
Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
Sonid Left banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Chahar Right Rear banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
Hure banner or Xüree khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
Urat Center banner or Urdyn Dund khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
Urat Front banner or Urdyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
Plain and Bordered White banner or Shuluun Hövööt Chagaan khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
Jalaid banner, Mongolian Zhalaid khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
Red flag city district / Hongqi district of Xinxiang city 新鄉市|新乡市, Henan
Abag banner or Avga khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Jarud banner or Jarud khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
Manchurian foot soldier
Ongniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
(botany) vexillum; banner petal; standard petal (of a papilionaceous flower)
Dalad banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia
koinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day
child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility) / (fig.) privileged brat
Wuqi county, Shaanxi / old spelling of 吳起縣|吴起县
Harqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Tumed right banner, Mongolian Tümed baruun khoshuu, in Baotou 包頭|包头, Inner Mongolia
Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
New Barag right banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
Qijin or Chichin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
flagship (store)
Uxin or Wushen banner in southwest Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia
same as 綠營|绿营, Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
Japanese flag (derog.)
autonomous county (in Inner Mongolia) / autonomous banner
Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟, Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Alxa Left Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟, Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia

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