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飛行機

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See also: 飞行机

Chinese

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to fly; to be in flight machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (飛行機) 飛行 機
simp. (飞行机) 飞行 机
alternative forms 飛龍機/飞龙机 (-lêng-; -nn̄g-) Hokkien
飛凌機/飞凌机 (-lêng-; -nn̄g-) Hokkien
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Etymology

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Wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご)), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (hikōki).

Pronunciation

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Note: hì-kho-khí - from Japanese pronunciation.

Noun

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飛行機

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, dated in Mandarin) airplane; aeroplane (Classifier: 隻/只 mn)

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
飛 行 機
ひ
Grade: 4
こう
Grade: 2
き
Grade: 4
kan'on
Alternative spelling
飛行器 (obsolete)

Etymology

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First attested in 1908, cited from the 万朝報 (Yorozu Chōho) serial in its October 3 issue.[1]

From 飛行(ひこう) (hikō, “flying, flight”) + 機(き) (-ki, “machine”), a calque of English flying machine.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) • (hikōki) ←ひかうき (fikauki)? (counter 機)

  1. an airplane, aeroplane
  2. (obsolete) clipping of 空中飛行機 (kūchū hikōki): a flying machine
    • 1904, Ryōichi Yazu, Hayakuri jisho [Quick Reference Kanji Dictionary], page 3:
      鳥(とり)は輕(かる)ひ瓦斯(ガス)にて浮(うか)んで居(ゐ)るのではないと云(い)ふことに心(こゝろ)付(づ)いて、空(くう)氣(き)の抵(てい)抗(かう)力(りよく)を利(り)用(よう)して空(くう)中(ちゆう)に浮(うか)び、而(しか)して飛(ひ)行(かう)せんとする所(ところ)の飛(ひ)行(かう)機(き) Flying machine を發(はつ)明(めい)せんと企(くはだ)てた所(ところ)の人(じん)士(し)も古(こ)來(らい)少(すくな)くありません。
      Tori wa karui gasu ni te ukande iru no de wa nai to iu koto ni kokorozuite, kūki no teikōryoku o riyō shite kūchū ni ukabi, shikashite hikō sen to suru tokoro no hikōki (furaingu mashin) o hatsumei sen to kuwadateta tokoro no jinshi mo korai sukunaku arimasen.
      There is no shortage of people from ancient times who, after realising that birds do not float upon a light gas, have plotted to invent flying machines that fly by floating in the air by using air resistance.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term
飛行機

Noun

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飛行機 • (bihaenggi) (hangeul 비행기)

  1. hanja form? of 비행기 (“airplane, aeroplane”)

Yonaguni

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Kanji in this term
飛 行 機
Grade: 4 Grade: 2 Grade: 4

Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (hikōki).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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飛行機(ひぐんき) or 飛行機(ちこーき) (higunki or chikōki) 

  1. an airplane, aeroplane