无人机

無人機

wúrénjī

noun #37,217

Measure Word

一架无人机 jià

Meanings

1 drone
2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Characters

machine; aircraft

Examples

他用无人机拍摄了一段空中视频。

Tā yòng wúrénjī pāishèle yí duàn kōngzhōng shìpín.

He shot an aerial video with a drone.

军用无人机的作战范围越来越广。

Jūnyòng wúrénjī de zuòzhàn fànwéi yuè lái yuè guǎng.

The combat range of military drones is getting wider and wider.

Tips

usage

Literally 'no-person aircraft' (无人 'unmanned' + 机 'machine/aircraft'). Covers both consumer drones (e.g. 大疆 DJI 's quadcopters) and military UAVs. Common collocations: 无人机表演 (drone show), 无人机航拍 (drone aerial photography), 军用无人机 (military drone).

In Pop Culture

大疆 Dàjiāng

DJI

Shenzhen-based company that dominates the global consumer drone market; its name 大疆 means 'great frontier'.

Stroke Order

无 wú

人 rén

机 jī