BANNER  旗幟

BROCADE USED AS AN IMAGE:symbol IN WARFARE OR IN an ARMY.
Hypernym
  • BROCADEEMBROIDERED SILK CLOTH.
    • SILKCLOTH PRODUCED USING SILK THREADS.
      • CLOTHARTEFACT TYPICALLY PRODUCED by WEAVING OR KNITTING, SOMETIMES USED FOR PRODUCING GARMENTS.
Old Chinese Criteria
[GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

1. The current general word for a military banner is qí 旗, and the word came to be used for any banner of any kind

[GENERAL]

2. Jīng 旌 is a banner used in hunts as well as in battle in order to guide and lead one's forces. This banner was embellished with feathers.

[SPECIFIC]

3. Wù 物 refers specifically to a multicoloured banner with a swallow-style end.

[SPECIFIC]

NB: The identification of given banners with classical terms is often controversial, and attributions vary among scholars.

Modern Chinese Criteria
旗幟

旗子

旌旗













軍旗



first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH

Words

  máo OC: moow MC: mɑu 21 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 羽/FEATHER Yǔ 羽 can refer to any feather of any kind, but which usually refers to feathers as forming the most visible part of a wing.

    Syntactic words
  • noxtail banner; oxtail pennant
  • nadNdecorated with banners
  qí OC: ɡɯ MC: gɨ 14 Attributions

The current general word for a military banner is qí 旗, and the word came to be used for any banner of any kind [GENERAL]

    Syntactic words
  • nofficial banner, flag (especially with pictures of bears or tigers)
  • nabfeatureoutward sign
  • viactuse a flag (as signal)
  qí OC: ɡɯl MC: gɨi 8 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner with bells, used by feudal lords and by the emperor
  jīng OC: tseŋ MC: tsiɛŋ 6 Attributions

Jīng 旌is a banner used in hunts as well as in battle in order to guide and lead one's forces. This banner was embellished with feathers. [SPECIFIC]

    Syntactic words
  • nyak-tail banner on a feather-decked pole
  pèi OC: boobs MC: bɑi 5 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner
  • viactfly a banner
  shà OC: sqraab MC: ʂɣap 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nplumed streamer
  chuáng OC: rdooŋ MC: ɖɣɔŋ 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner with feathers on top; embroidered
  • nabfigurativebanner
  huī OC: hmral MC: hiɛ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nsignal flag used by senior generals in military campaigns [similar to the previous, but smaller: SUN 1991: 152; ill.: SUN 1991: 38-7, 8] [JM]
羽旄  yǔ máo OC: ɢʷaʔ moow MC: ɦi̯o mɑu 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NP{N1&N2}pluralbanners made of feathers and animals' fur, buffalos' tails etc.
  zhì OC: kljɯɡs MC: tɕɨ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner
  zhān OC: tjan MC: tɕiɛn 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nsilken banner used by senior officials, of one colour; this word can also be used as a general term for a banner
  zhào OC: ɡrlewʔ MC: ɖiɛu 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner illustrated made of black silk and illustrated with mystical snakes
  liú OC: ru MC: lɨu 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • n[long ribbon in the the upper part of a banner; SUN 1991: 155; ill.: SUN 1991: 38-1][JM]
  kuài OC:  MC: kɑi 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner, flag
  yú OC: k-la MC: ji̯ɤ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner used at court by senior officials
  wù OC: mɯd MC: mi̯ut 1 Attribution

Wù 物 refers specifically to a multicoloured banner with a swallow-style end. [SPECIFIC]

    Syntactic words
  • nsilk banner of at least two colours, with a "swallow end"
  máo OC: mruu MC: mɣɛu 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vicarry reed banners
旄旌  máo jīng OC: moow tseŋ MC: mɑu tsiɛŋ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentialbanners
旗物  qí wù OC: ɡɯ mɯd MC: gɨ mi̯ut 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentialbanners of all kinds?? TEXT CORRUPT??? INTERESTING EXAMPLE, IF GENUINE
  biǎo 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner with the name of shopCH
  yóu MC: yuw OC: luCH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nofficial bannerCH
五旛  wǔ fān MC: nguX phjon OC: ŋaaʔ phanDS 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPfive banners of different colours symbolising the five kinds of punishments DS
  fān MC: phjon OC: phanDS 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nca sort of long vertical banner, also written as 幡DS
旌旗  jīng qí MC: tsjeng gi OC: tseŋ ɡɯDS 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPmilitary banner used as distinction between armiesDS
  cháng OC: djaŋ MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nimperial banner (also called tài cháng 太常)
  fān OC: phan MC: phi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner with a bent pole, inscribed with characters
  huī OC: hmɯl MC: hɨi 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner 鄭玄 《禮記》注曰:'徽,旌旗之名也。'"
  suì OC: sɢluds MC: zi 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nfeathered banner used by rulers while riding in chariots or carriages
  jié OC: tsiiɡ MC: tset 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • n[banner the handle of whic is embellished with three buffalo's tails; used by ruler's messengers when carrying orders; see SUN 1991: 152; ill.: SUN 1991: 38-2[JM]
  suí OC: snul MC: si 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner used on the occasion of the death of a Son of Heaven or of a member of his family
  dào OC: duuɡs MC: dɑu 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nbanner the handle of which is embellished with yak tails of with the tail feathers of birds, used by a king or ruler; this banner came to be used as the symbol of the senior commander of an army
旌夏  jīng xià OC: tseŋ ɡraaʔ MC: tsiɛŋ ɦɣɛ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPlarge banner (ZUO)
旌旃  jīng zhān OC: tseŋ tjan MC: tsiɛŋ tɕiɛn 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPbanner, banners and pennons
法幢  fǎ chuáng OC: pab rdooŋ MC: pi̯ɐp ɖɣɔŋ 0 Attributions
  • () p. 3178a

    Syntactic words
  • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: banner of the dharma > the Buddhist teaching
節旄  jié máo OC: tsiiɡ moow MC: tset mɑu 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPbanner; banners
重牙  chóng yá OC: doŋ ŋɡraa MC: ɖi̯oŋ ŋɣɛ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NP[saw-like shaped down part of a banner; SUN: 1991: 150; ill.: SUN 1991: 38-1][JM]
龍子幡  lóng zǐ fān OC: b-roŋ sklɯʔ phan MC: li̯oŋ tsɨ phi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPembroidered banners (DCD 12.1461)

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: