# 紫旗
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zǐqí
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄑㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$ kei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zǐqí
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhcí
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^3$-chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: dž-chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyychyi
*** Palladius: цзыци (czyci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$ kei$^4$
*** Yale: jí kèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$ kei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$ kéi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

### Noun

紫旗
* (Hong Kong) a purple banner used by the Hong Kong police warning that one may be in violation of the Hong Kong national security law [2020] (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally)
    From: 2020 July 3, @侠客岛, in 《云南信息报》, page 2
    Shè Gǎng Guó'ānfǎ tōngguò hòu, Xiānggǎng jǐngfāng zuórì jǔqǐ xīn de jǐnggào zǐqí, qí shàng gòng yǒu 70 ge zì, yǔ guòwǎng de jiǎnliàn jǐnggàoyǔ bùtóng. [Pinyin]
    After National Security Law relating to Hong Kong is enacted, the Hong Kong Police raised the new purple flag yesterday. The flag has a total of 70 characters, and differs from simple warning phrases in the past.
    From: 2020 September 7, 蕭景源, 獨人攬炒疫下犯聚 警嚴正執法拘289人 黃之鋒岑子杰等政棍現場煽動 梁國雄黃浩銘陳皓桓被捕, in 《文匯報》 (Wen Wei Po), page A1/A20
    Lìng zài shāndōng jiē yǒu rén gāojiào “gǎngdú” kǒuhào, jǐngyuán yīdù jǔqǐ zǐqí jǐnggào zàichǎngzhě shèxián wéiwaan2 xiānggǎng guó'ānfǎ. [Pinyin]
    Also in Shantung Street, someone chanted slogans advocating "Hong Kong independence". Police officers raised the purple flag to warn participants that they may violate the Hong Kong National Security Law.
    From: 2020 September, 趙允中, 美「中」非的三角習題, in 《清流雙月刊》, number 29, page 41
    Zhōnggòng yú 5 yuè 28 rì zài bù jīng Xiānggǎng “yīguóliǎngzhì” zìzhǔ lìfǎ jīzhì xià, qiǎngxíng tōngguò “Gǎngbǎn Guó'ānfǎ” de juéyì, Xiānggǎng jǐngfāng bìng yú rìhòu de shìwēi yóuxíng zhōng, yǐ zǐqí jǐnggào shìwēizhě kěnéng chùfàn “Gǎngqū Guó'ānfǎ”. [Pinyin]
    After the Chinese Communist Party bypassed Hong Kong's "One Country, Two System" and forced the enactment of the Hong Kong National Security Law, Hong Kong Police uses the purple flag in later protests and demonstrations to warn protesters that they may breach the Hong Kong National Security Law.
    From: 2020 October 2, 周偉立, 銅鑼灣傳港獨口號 警一度舉紫旗警告 74人涉非法集結被拘捕, in 《香港商報》 (Hong Kong Commercial Daily), page A5
    Jǐngfāng biǎoshì, xiàwǔ yuē 3 shí, jìlìzuǒzhì jiē fùjìn yǒu dàpī shìwēizhě jùjí, bùfan6 rén gāojiào “guāngfuk6 xiānggǎng shídài géming6” kǒuhào, shèxián zuk1fàn xiānggǎng guó'ānfǎ xià shāndòng huò jiàosuō tārén fēnliè guójiā děng zuìhang6, jǐngfāng jǔ zǐqí qūsaan3, jiétíng dàpī rénshì. [Pinyin]
    The police said large amount of protesters gathered near Great George Street at approximately 3 pm. Some chanted "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times", and may violate the offence of abetting or inciting others in secession. The police raised the purple flag and stopped and detained large amount of people.

#### Coordinate terms

* (Hong Kong police banners): 紅旗／红旗 (hóngqí), 黑旗 (hēiqí), 黃旗／黄旗 (huángqí), 橙旗 (chéngqí), 紫旗 (zǐqí)

### Further reading

* “【果燃台2pm LIVE】國安法殺到港人無懼打壓續上街 警備「紫旗」警告”, in 蘋果日報, 2020