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航

háng

HSK 4 Character

What 航 means

1. boat
2. ship
3. craft
4. to navigate
5. to sail
6. to fly

Example sentences

• 航班取消了
  Hángbān qǔxiāo le
  The flight was cancelled.
• 航空邮寄它。
  Hángkōng yóujì tā.
  Send it airmail.
• 船逆流航行。
  Chuán nìliú hángxíng.
  The boat is going against the current.
• 游艇绕浮标航行。
  Yóutǐng rào fúbiāo hángxíng.
  The yacht sailed around a buoy.
• 火山灰阻碍航运。
  Huǒshānhuī zǔ'ài hángyùn.
  Volcanic ash disrupted air travel.
• 我的航班晚点了。
  My flight was delayed.

Words starting with 航

• 航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
• 航空háng kōngaviation
• 航天háng tiānspace flight
• 航行háng xíngto sail; to fly; to navigate
• 航空公司háng kōng gōng sīairline
• 航天员háng tiān yuánastronaut
• 航线háng xiànair or shipping route
• 航海háng hǎito sail the seas; maritime navigation; voyage
• 航空母舰háng kōng mǔ jiànaircraft carrier; (fig.) juggernaut
• 航母háng mǔaircraft carrier (abbr. for 航空母舰
• 航运háng yùnshipping; transport
• 航程háng chéngflight; voyage; distance traveled; range (of an airplane or ship)
• 航天飞机háng tiān fēi jīspace shuttle
• 航道háng dàowaterway; ship channel
• 航空信háng kōng xìnairmail letter
• 航向háng xiàngcourse; direction (a ship or plane is heading in)
• 航海家háng hǎi jiāmariner; seafarer
• 航司háng sīairline (abbr. for 航空公司
• 航图háng túchart
• 航展háng zhǎnair show
• 航标háng biāobuoy; channel marker; signal light
• 航模háng mómodel aircraft; model plane
• 航权háng quánair rights
• 航次háng cìair or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item); flight; voyage

Words containing 航

• 导航dǎo háng(lit. and fig.) to navigate
• 民航mín hángcivil aviation
• 宇航员yǔ háng yuánastronaut
• 南航Nán hángChina Southern Airlines
• 国航Guó hángAir China (abbr. for 中国国际航空公司
• 远航yuǎn hángto travel a great distance by sea or air; voyage; long-haul flight
• 护航hù hánga naval escort; to convoy
• 启航qǐ háng(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
• 返航fǎn hángto return to the point of departure
• 海航Hǎi hángHainan Airlines
• 宇航yǔ hángspace flight
• 起航qǐ háng(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
• 直航zhí hángto fly or sail direct (to ...)
• 巡航xún háng(military) to patrol (airspace or waters); (technical) to cruise; to maintain steady speed
• 通航tōng hángconnected by air, sea traffic or service
• 停航tíng hángto stop running (of flight of shipping service); to suspend service (flight, sailing)…
• 出航chū hángto set out (on a trip)
• 加航Jiā hángAir Canada
• 印航Yìn hángAir India (abbr.)
• 回航huí hángto return to port
• 德航Dé hángLufthansa (German airline); abbr. for 德国汉莎航空公司
• 日航Rì hángJapan Airlines (JAL) (abbr. for 日本航空
• 法航Fǎ hángAir France
• 续航xù háng(of an airplane, ship, vehicle etc) to continue a journey without refueling…

Characters built on 亢

These share the phonetic component 亢 (kàng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 抗kàngto resist; to fight; to defy
• 杭Hángsurname Hang; abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 炕kàngkang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire
• 伉kàngspouse; big and tall; strong
• 沆hànga ferry; fog; flowing
• 钪kàngscandium (chemistry)
• 闶kāngused in 闶阆; Taiwan pr. kàng

Characters that look like 航

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 般bānsort; kind; class
• 舱cāngcabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 舵duòhelm; rudder
• 舷xiánside of a ship or an aircraft
• 麸fūbran

Sounds the same

Read háng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 行(bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession…
• 吭throat
• 绗to quilt
• 桁cangue (stocks to punish criminals)
• 颃fly down
• 杭surname Hang; abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州
• 筕see 筕篖