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起飞

qǐfēi

to take off

An airplane leaving the runway
Memory picture

Characters in this word

起 qǐ

Strokes
10
Radical
走 — to walk, to run, to flee
Made of
走 to walk, to run, to flee 己 self, oneself
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

飞 fēi

Strokes
3
Radical
飞 — to fly, to dart
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 飞机要起飞。 Fēijī yào qǐfēi. The plane is about to take off.
  • 飞机起飞了。 Fēijī qǐfēi le. The plane took off.
  • 明天起飞吗? Míngtiān qǐfēi ma? Do we take off tomorrow?

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