HSK 1 · Common Objects

飞机 fēijī “aeroplane” in Chinese

Traditional 飛機

What 飞机 means

  1. aeroplane

Measure word 架 jià · 一架飞机 yí jià fēijī

How to say 飞机

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale飞fēi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale机jī1st tone, high and level

飞机 in a sentence

  1. 这是他的飞机。

    Zhè shì tā de fēijī.

    This is his plane.

    Sentence #2117476 from Tatoeba

  2. 飞机准备好了。

    Fēijī zhǔnbèi hǎo le.

    The plane is ready.

    Sentence #5900407 from Tatoeba

  3. 人们怎么能在飞机上睡觉？

    Rénmen zěnme néng zài fēijī shàng shuìjiào?

    How do people manage to sleep on the plane?

    Sentence #425117 from Tatoeba

How 飞机 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 飞 (fēi) drawn as one shape
飞fēito fly

飞 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a bird’s wings in flight.

The character 机 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
机jīmachine; mechanism
  • 木tree · mù
  • 几table · jī

Memory aidA small table 几 made of wood 木: a machine. 几 (jī) also gives the sound.

How to write 飞机

飞 3 strokes · 机 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

飞机 (fēijī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 飞机 (fēijī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 飞机

Words with 飞

飞fēi · to fly起飞qǐfēi · take off in an aeroplane飞翔fēixiáng · to fly飞跃fēiyuè · leap飞禽走兽fēiqínzǒushòu · birds and beasts

Words with 机

机场jīchǎng · airport手机shǒujī · mobile phone机票jīpiào · air ticket司机sījī · driver机会jīhuì · opportunity相机xiàngjī · camera耳机ěrjī · headphones关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera

More words: Everyday Things

杯子bēizi · cup电脑diànnǎo · computer电视diànshì · television电影diànyǐng · movie出租车chūzūchē · taxi天气tiānqì · weather猫māo · cat狗gǒu · dog

FAQs

飞机 (fēijī) means “aeroplane”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it fēijī: fēi with a 1st tone, then jī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 飞机 is written 飛機. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 架 (jià). For example, one aeroplane is 一架飞机 (yí jià fēijī).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type feiji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 飞机 from the suggestions. Typing feiji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
飞机 is an HSK 1 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.