Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- fān
English
- pennant, banner, streamer, flag
- banner
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 幡
- 經幡ging1 faan1
Tibetan prayer flag
- 直幡zik6 faan1
portrait banner; single pole banner; swooper flag
- 擔幡daam1 faan1
a ceremony carried out by the eldest son for a dead parent during a traditional Chinese funeral
- 幡然faan1 jin4
suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc)
- 擔幡買水daam1 faan1 maai5 seoi2
Chinese customs and ceremony led and conducted by the eldest son in the funeral of one's father
- 幡杆燈籠faan1 gon1 dang1 lung4
former half of a sandwich pun to imply "to only reach those which are distant but ignore the close ones"; literally "the lantern on the flagpole"
- 幡竿燈籠faan1 gon1 dang1 lung4
former half of a sandwich pun to imply "to only reach those which are distant but ignore the close ones"; literally "the lantern on the flagpole"
- 招魂幡ziu1 wan4 faan1
flag to attract departed spirits
- 包尾大幡baau1 mei1 daai6 faan1
the person who comes last (in a race, exam, list, etc.); literally: the last coming somersault/flag/tycoon
- 幡然改圖faan1 jin4 goi2 tou4
to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom)
- 幡然悔悟faan1 jin4 fui3 ng6
suddenly and quickly realizing own mistake and repent
- 揚幡招魂joeng4 faan1 ziu1 wan4
(lit.) to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom)