起飞(qǐ fēi): (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off
(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- qǐ fēi
- Meaning
- (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 起飛
Appears in lessons
起飞 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 起飞 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
飞机快要起飞了。
fēi jī kuài yào qǐ fēi le
The plane is about to take off.
飞机十分钟后起飞。
fēi jī shí fēn zhōng hòu qǐ fēi
The plane takes off in ten minutes.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 起飞 — tap one to open its word page.
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