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起飞

qǐ fēi

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 起飛

起飞 (qǐ fēi) means "to take off (aircraft)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 起飞 means

1. (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off
2. (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly

The characters in 起飞

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 飞fēito fly

Example sentences

• 飞机起飞了。
  The plane took off.
• 飞机快要起飞了。
  The plane is about to take off.
• 起飞比降落容易。
  Taking off is easier than landing.
• 那架飞机五点起飞。
  That plane will take off at five.
• 飞机十分钟后起飞。
  The plane takes off in ten minutes.
• 这班飞机准时起飞。
  The airplane took off on time.

Words starting with 起飞

• 起飞弹射qǐ fēi tán shètakeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)

Sounds the same

Read qǐ fēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 岂非wouldn't it be ... ?

Where 起飞 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel logistics & transport (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐ fēi correctly.
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