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机队 (jī duì) — aircraft fleet; fleet of planes

Definition

Compound noun meaning the group of aircraft an airline operates. Translates as 'fleet' (of planes) — not the same as 飞机 alone (a single aircraft) and typically refers to a company or operator's full set of planes.

noun
aircraft fleetfleet of planes

Examples

  • 机队。
    Zhè jiā háng kōng gōng sī de jī duì guī mó hěn dà.
    This airline's aircraft fleet is very large in scale.
  • 机队，。
    Xīn jī duì tóu rù shǐ yòng hòu, fēi xíng xiào lǜ míng xiǎn tí gāo.
    After the new fleet was put into use, flight efficiency improved significantly.
  • 机队。
    Guó jì yóu jià shàng zhǎng duì jī duì yùn yíng chéng běn yǐng xiǎng hěn dà.
    The rise in international oil prices greatly affects the operating costs of the fleet.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

机jīaircraft
队duìfleet

机 points to aircraft and 队 to a group, so the sense is a fleet of planes.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒸
㒸㒸隊duì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

Open 队 →
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Air Travel

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