试飞 (shì fēi) — to test-fly; to conduct a trial flight | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to test-flyto conduct a trial flight

Easily confused

是非shì fēisound-alikeright and wrong; correct vs. incorrect

Examples

试飞。
Zhè jià xīn fēi jī míng tiān shì fēi.
This new plane will test-fly tomorrow.
试飞。
Gōng chéng shī zhèng zài rèn zhēn shì fēi.
The engineer is carefully test-flying.
试飞。
Tā men jué dìng xiān shì fēi yí cì.
They decided to test-fly once first.

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.

Flying done as a trial is a test flight.

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 試; 试 is its simplified writing.

言式試

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

式

式shì試shì

Same sound today

The traditional form 試 puts 言 beside 式, and 式 gives the sound; the simplified 试 is the form of this character.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飛; 飞 is its simplified writing.

For 飞, the traditional form 飛 pictures a bird flying upwards.

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