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飞机

飛機
fēijī
noun HSK 1 #645

Measure Word

一架飞机 jià

Meanings

  1. 1 airplane
  2. 2 aircraft

Characters

飞
fēi
to fly
机
jī
machine
Literally 'flying machine' - a perfectly transparent compound.

Examples

HSK 2
我第一次坐飞机。
Wǒ dìyī cì zuò fēijī.
This is my first time riding an airplane.
HSK 3
飞机几点起飞？
Fēijī jǐ diǎn qǐfēi?
What time does the airplane take off?
HSK 5
那架飞机很大。
Nà jià fēijī hěn dà.
That airplane is very big.

Tips

history
China's aviation pioneer Feng Ru (冯如) built and flew China's first airplane in 1909 in Oakland, California, just six years after the Wright Brothers.
usage
Use 坐飞机 (sit airplane) to say 'take a plane', not 骑 (ride) or 开 (drive) - unless you're the pilot, then 开飞机 works.
memory
飞 (fly) + 机 (machine) = flying machine. Many Chinese vehicles follow this pattern: 火车 (fire vehicle = train), 汽车 (steam vehicle = car).

In Pop Culture

中国商飞 Zhōngguó Shāngfēi
COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China)
State company that built the C919, China's first large passenger jet.

Stroke Order

飞 fēi
机 jī