班机 (bān jī) — scheduled flight; airliner

Definition

noun

scheduled flightairliner

Measure word · 班

班机。
Wǒ zuò bān jī qù běi jīng.
I took a scheduled flight to Beijing.
班机。
Zhè jià bān jī shì cóng shàng hǎi fēi lái de.
This airliner is flying from Shanghai.
班机。
Jīn tiān de bān jī yīn wèi tiān qì qǔ xiāo le.
Today's scheduled flight was cancelled due to weather.

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.

班bānscheduled service

机jīairplane

The 班 (scheduled service) and 机 (airplane) together give a scheduled flight.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

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

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

Same sound today

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

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