起
飞

(of an aircraft) to take off in Chinese: 起飞 (qǐ fēi)

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 起飛2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1(of an aircraft) to take off

Stroke order

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起
飞

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄈㄟ

fēi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

起飞

Simplified

起飛

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 飞机快要起飞了。

    fēi jī kuài yào qǐ fēi le。

    The plane is about to take off.

  • 那架飞机五点起飞。

    nà jià fēi jī wǔ diǎn qǐ fēi。

    That plane will take off at five.

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Related words

飞

fēi

to fly

起

qǐ

to rise

飞机

fēi jī

airplane

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

引起

yǐn qǐ

to give rise to

想起

xiǎng qǐ

to recall

飞行

fēi xíng

(of planes etc) to fly

起到

qǐ dào

(in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect)

起码

qǐ mǎ

at the minimum

提起

tí qǐ

to mention

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