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着陆 (zhuó lù) — to land, to touch down (of aircraft, spacecraft, etc.)

Definition

着陆 is a formal/technical term meaning an aircraft or spacecraft completes its landing and is on the ground. Often used with the particle 了 to mark completion (着陆了).

verb
to landto touch down (of aircraft, spacecraft, etc.)

Examples

  • 着陆。
    Fēi jī jiāng zài shí fēn zhōng hòu zhuó lù.
    The plane will land in ten minutes.
  • 。
    Zhè jià fēi jī jīn tiān zhe le sān cì lù.
    This plane landed three times today.
  • ，。
    Tiān qì tài chà, fēi jī zhe bù liǎo lù.
    The weather is too bad; the plane cannot land.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

着zhetouch/contact
陆lùland

着 gives touch or contact, and 陆 gives land, together meaning touch down on land.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 著; 着 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě著zháo
Same sound today

The traditional form 著 puts 艸 (grass; plant) above 者, which gives the sound; the simplified 着 is a later shorthand.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 陸; 陆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
坴
坴lù陸lù
Same sound today

The traditional form 陸 uses 阝 (written in full as 阜) for the meaning and 坴 for the sound; the simplified 陆 is a later shorthand.

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Appears in
Air Travel

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