直升机
zhíshēngjī
helicopter
Characters in this word
升 shēng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
机 jī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 山区道路被泥石流切断后，救援队只能派直升机运送药品。 Shānqū dàolù bèi níshíliú qiēduàn hòu, jiùyuán duì zhǐ néng pài zhíshēngjī yùnsòng yàopǐn. After mountain roads were cut off by a mudslide, the rescue team could only send helicopters to transport medicine.
- 直升机在楼顶上空盘旋了几圈，才慢慢降落。 Zhíshēngjī zài lóudǐng shàngkōng pánxuán le jǐ quān, cái mànmàn jiàngluò. The helicopter circled over the rooftop several times before slowly landing.
- 乘直升机去岛上只要半个多小时，非常方便。 Chéng zhíshēngjī qù dǎoshàng zhǐyào bàn gè duō xiǎoshí, fēicháng fāngbiàn. Flying to the island by helicopter takes just over half an hour, which is very convenient.
Related words
- 一直 yìzhí all the time; continuously
- 直接 zhíjiē directly; straight
- 简直 jiǎnzhí simply; practically
- 直 zhí straight
- 直播 zhíbō live broadcast
- 直到 zhídào until
- 直线 zhíxiàn straight line
- 垂直 chuízhí to be vertical
- 耿直 gěngzhí upright and frank; straightforward
- 径直 jìngzhí straight; directly
- 理直气壮 lǐzhíqìzhuàng to be confident and forceful because one is in the right
- 勇往直前 yǒngwǎngzhíqián to advance bravely; to press forward courageously