直航 (zhí háng) — direct flight; non-stop flight; direct voyage (by ship)

Definition

noun
direct flightnon-stop flightdirect voyage (by ship)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 直航,。
    Cóng běi jīng dào niǔ yuē yǒu zhí háng, bú yòng zhuǎn jī.
    There's a direct flight from Beijing to New York, no need to transfer.
  • 直航。
    Zhè tiáo zhí háng háng xiàn měi zhōu zhǐ yǒu liǎng bān chuán.
    This direct shipping route only has two sailings per week.
  • 直航。
    Wǒ men gōng sī kāi tōng le shàng hǎi dào lún dūn de zhí háng.
    Our company has launched a direct flight from Shanghai to London.

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.

直zhídirect
航hángvoyage

直 (direct) describes 航 (voyage), giving a non-stop flight or voyage.

Characters in this word

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

The earliest form of 直 pairs 目, an eye, with an unclear stroke 丨.

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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
舟舟zhōuboat
Sound part声符shēngfú
亢
亢kàng航háng
Same sound today

航 shows a boat with 舟, and 亢 gives the character its sound.

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