Meaning of 国旗
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- flag (of a country)
Measure word: 面
How to use 国旗
国旗 refers to a national flag, and it often appears with verbs like 升 (shēng, raise), 挂 (guà, hang) or 举 (jǔ, hold up). Example: 学校每周一升国旗。(Xuéxiào měi zhōu yī shēng guóqí.) The school raises the national flag every Monday.
国 (guó) means country and 旗 (qí) means flag, so 国旗 is simply the country's flag. Picture the flag of 中国 (Zhōngguó) flying over the whole nation.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 国家旗 (guójiā qí), but the fixed word is just 国旗. Also keep the second syllable in the second tone, qí, not qì as in 气 (qì, air).
国旗 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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国 guó · country · 8 strokes
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旗 qí · banner · 14 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 国旗.
| 国家 | guójiā | country; nation; state |
| 中国 | Zhōngguó | China |
| 外国 | wàiguó | foreign country |
| 国外 | guó wài | abroad; external (affairs) |
| 国际 | guójì | international |
| 全国 | quánguó | whole nation; nationwide |
| 出国 | chūguó | to go abroad; to leave the country |
| 回国 | huí guó | to return to one's home country |
| 国内 | guó nèi | domestic; internal (to a country) |
| 联合国 | Liánhéguó | United Nations |
| 国庆 | guóqìng | National Day |
| 爱国 | àiguó | to love one's country; patriotic |
Questions about 国旗
What does 国旗 mean?
国旗 (guóqí) means "flag (of a country)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 国旗?
国旗 is made of 2 characters: 国 (8 strokes), 旗 (14 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.
Is 国旗 an HSK word?
Yes. 国旗 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 国旗 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 国旗 is written 國旗.
What is the measure word for 国旗?
Use 面 (miàn) for flags, as in 一面国旗 (yí miàn guóqí), one national flag. In casual speech some people also say 一个国旗, but 面 is the standard choice.
How do you say the flag of a specific country?
Put the country name before 国旗, for example 美国国旗 (Měiguó guóqí), the American flag. China's flag also has its own name, 五星红旗 (Wǔxīng Hóngqí), the Five-Star Red Flag.