飞 fēi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 飞 — to fly, to dart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
飞船
fēichuán
spacecraft; airship
Characters in this word
船 chuán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 舟 — boat, ship
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 载人飞船返回舱安全着陆，标志着本次任务圆满完成。 Zàirén fēichuán fǎnhuí cāng ānquán zhuólù, biāozhì zhe běn cì rènwù yuánmǎn wánchéng. The crewed spacecraft's return capsule landed safely, marking the successful completion of the mission.
- 小男孩画了一艘飞船，说长大了要去月球。 Xiǎo nánhái huà le yì sōu fēichuán, shuō zhǎngdà le yào qù yuèqiú. The little boy drew a spaceship and said he would go to the moon when he grew up.
- 飞船在太空中绕着地球飞行了一整天。 Fēichuán zài tàikōng zhōng ràozhe dìqiú fēixíng le yì zhěng tiān. The spacecraft circled the Earth in space for a whole day.
Related words
- 飞 fēi to fly
- 飞机 fēijī airplane
- 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
- 船 chuán boat; ship