飞 fēi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 飞 — to fly, to dart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
飞机
fēijī
airplane
Characters in this word
机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我坐飞机去北京。 Wǒ zuò fēijī qù Běijīng. I'm flying to Beijing.
- 飞机很大。 Fēijī hěn dà. The plane is very big.
- 飞机上有多少人？ Fēijī shàng yǒu duōshao rén? How many people are on the plane?
- 飞机几点到北京？ Fēijī jǐ diǎn dào Běijīng? What time does the plane arrive in Beijing?
- 机场有很多飞机。 Jīchǎng yǒu hěn duō fēijī. There are many airplanes at the airport.
- 爸爸还没上飞机。 Bàba hái méi shàng fēijī. Dad hasn't boarded the plane yet.
- 我们坐飞机去国外。 Wǒmen zuò fēijī qù guówài. We're going abroad by plane.
- 飞机上有水吗？ Fēijī shàng yǒu shuǐ ma? Is there water on the plane?
- 这不是我的飞机票。 Zhè bú shì wǒ de fēijīpiào. This isn't my plane ticket.
- 飞机什么时候来？ Fēijī shénme shíhou lái? When is the airplane coming?
Related words
- 飞 fēi to fly
- 起飞 qǐfēi to take off
- 飞行 fēixíng to fly
- 放飞 fàngfēi to fly freely
- 飞速 fēisù at lightning speed, rapidly
- 不翼而飞 búyì'érfēi to disappear without trace; to vanish mysteriously
- 飞船 fēichuán spacecraft; airship
- 飞碟 fēidié flying saucer; UFO
- 飞禽走兽 fēiqínzǒushòu birds and beasts; all kinds of animals
- 飞翔 fēixiáng to fly; to soar
- 飞跃 fēiyuè to leap; to make a great advance
- 电视机 diànshìjī TV set