飛行機

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飛	行	機

Etymology

飛行 (ひこう, hikō, “aviation”) (from 飛 (ひ, hi, “fly”) + 行 (こう, kō, “go”)) + 機 (き, ki, “machine”)

Noun

飛行機 (hiragana ひこうき, romaji hikōki)

1. an airplane

Related terms

• Japanese: 航空機 (ja) (こうくうき, kōkūki): aircraft
• Japanese: 飛行船 (ja) (ひこうせん, hikōsen): airship

References

• The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2

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Min Nan

simplified	飞行机
traditional	飛行機

Pronunciation

• (Quanzhou) IPA: [ hui˧˧hiŋ˨˩ki˥˥ ]
• (Zhangzhou) IPA: [ hui˧˧hiŋ˧˧ki˥˥ ]

Etymology

• borrowed from Japanese

Noun

飛行機 (traditional, POJ hui-hêng-ki, simplified 飞行机)

1. (Taiwanese Min Nan) airplane

Synonyms

• (Taiwanese Min Nan): 飛龍機 (hui-lêng-ki)
• 飛機 (hui-ki)

References

• zh-min-nan:w:hui-hêng-ki

External links

• 日製台語再探索 (exploring Taiwanese words of Japanese origin)