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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

飞机几点起飞？
Fēi jī jǐ diǎn qǐ fēi?
What time does the airplane take off?
我第一次坐飞机。
Wǒ dì yī cì zuò fēi jī.
This is my first time riding an airplane.
那架飞机很大。
Nà jià fēi jī 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 Shāng Fēi
COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China)
state company that built the C919, China's first large passenger jet

Stroke Order

飞 fēi
机 jī