帜 (zhì): flag
帜 (zhì) is a Chinese character meaning “flag.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 巾 (semantic) and 只 (phonetic). It ranks #2639 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 帜 curtain. Its radical form 巾 (cloth) appears in many related characters such as 师 (shī, teacher), 帮 (bāng, to help), 常 (cháng, always).
Definitions
- flag
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旗帜 | qí zhì | ensign |
| 独树一帜 | dú shù yī zhì | lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) |
| 旗帜鲜明 | qí zhì xiān míng | to show one's colors |
| 别树一帜 | bié shù yī zhì | lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) |
| 标帜 | biāo zhì | banner |
| 徽帜 | huī zhì | banner |
帜 appears in 6 compound words: 0 as the first character, 83 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 帜 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
红旗帜在风中飘扬。
Hóng qízhì zài fēng zhōng piāoyáng.
The red flag is waving in the wind.
曹丹 摄 《金石书画》系列以“每期必有碑帖”为特色,在全国博物馆展览中独树一帜。
cáo dān shè jīn shí shū huà xì liè yǐ měi qī bì yǒu bēi tiē wéi tè sè , zài quán guó bó wù guǎn zhǎn lǎn zhōng dú shù yī zhì .
Photo by Cao Dan. The “Bronses, Stones, Calligraphy, and Painting” series is distinguished by its commitment to featuring “at least one stele or calligraphy rubbing in every issue,” setting it apart from other museum exhibitions nationwide.
绵阳市新闻传媒中心 供图 比赛开始前,四川21个市州球队的旗帜依次入场。
mián yáng shì xīn wén chuán méi zhōng xīn gōng tú bǐ sài kāi shǐ qián , sì chuān 2 1 gè shì zhōu qiú duì de qí zhì yī cì rù chǎng .
Photo courtesy of the Mianyang News Media Center. Before the match began, the flags of the teams from Sichuan’s 21 prefectures and cities entered the stadium one by one.
当日对谈核心聚焦《不虚此生》独树一帜的文学电影化特质。
dāng rì duì tán hé xīn jù jiāo bù xū cǐ shēng dú shù yī zhì de wén xué diàn yǐng huà tè zhì .
The discussion that day centered on the unique literary qualities of *A Life Well Lived* as a film adaptation.
戏曲人物长廊中一个独树一帜的“文武唐僧”形象也由此被塑造而出。
xì qū rén wù cháng láng zhōng yī gè dú shù yī zhì de wén wǔ táng sēng xíng xiàng yě yóu cǐ bèi sù zào ér chū .
Thus, a unique portrayal of “Tang Seng as both a scholar and a warrior” emerged in the Gallery of Opera Characters.
在双向融合的创作探索中,她逐渐形成独树一帜、中西合璧的艺术风格。
zài shuāng xiàng róng gě de chuàng zuò tàn suǒ zhōng , tā zhú jiān xíng chéng dú shù yī zhì , zhōng xī gě 璧 de yì shù fēng gé .
Through her creative exploration of two-way integration, she has gradually developed a distinctive artistic style that blends Chinese and Western elements.
反叛者践踏敌人的旗帜,以示挑衅。
Fǎnpàn zhě jiàntà dírén de qízhì, yǐ shì tiǎoxìn.
Rebels stomped on the enemy’s flags as a sign of defiance.
旗帜是国家象征。
Qízhì shì guójiā xiàngzhēng.
A flag is a national symbol.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 巾 (curtain) component
巾 Radical Family — Characters sharing the cloth radical
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